ReferenceGlossary
Denormalization
Storing the same fact in more than one place, or keeping a pre-joined copy, so a read need not join or compute it. Reads get cheaper, and every write has to update each copy.
Data
In Quorum#
Denormalization research makes each Database read cost 30% less CPU and each write 20% more (10). It pays on a read-heavy Design and hurts a write-heavy one, which is the trade the Tradeoff card’s preview shows before the player takes it.
Design#
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N+1 query, Cache hit rate, OLTP and OLAP, Eventual consistency