Sizing a Year of Search Engine Query Log Storage

System Design · Karat · Easy

Suppose you own the logging and analytics of search queries for a web search engine. You have been asked to work out roughly how much storage twelve months of these query logs will require. Walk through how you would arrive at that number. Describe the information you would need to collect first, the calculation you would use to turn it into a storage estimate, and the assumptions your estimate depends on.

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