The Thundering Herd Problem is a system design issue where a large number of clients simultaneously wake up and compete for the same resource, typically occurring after cache expiry or lock release, which causes sudden server overload, database crashes, and API latency spikes.
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In system design, what is thundering herd problem? Option A, too many DB replicas. Option B, many servers restarting together. Option C, large number of clients waking up simultaneously for same resource. Option D, excessive logging. And the correct answer is option C. Reason, it often happens after [music] cash expiry or lock release that causes sudden overload. If you want to know in detail about this problem and the basics of cash, refer to this crash course video and subscribe to the channel.
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