Constant hashing (consistent hashing) shine nee?

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**Consistent hashing** shine technique ne don ba data a kan nodes (servers) wanda **ya rage gadewa lokacin da aka saka ko cire nodes** — ba kamar simple hashing ba, wanda ya sake jajagege most keys lokacin da node lamba ya canja. Yana da mahimmanci don distributed caches, databases, da load distribution.

## Matsalar da simple hashing ta kawo da ita

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Simple approach: node = hash(key) % N  (N = number of nodes)
  ✗ when N CHANGES (add/remove a node), N changes → MOST keys remap to different nodes →
    massive data movement / cache invalidation (almost everything moves!)
→ adding/removing a server causes huge disruption → bad for dynamic distributed systems.
```

## Yadda consistent hashing ke aiki

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Map both NODES and KEYS onto a HASH RING (a circle of hash values):
  → a key belongs to the FIRST node clockwise from it on the ring
  → adding/removing a node only affects keys in ONE segment of the ring (its neighbors) →
    only a SMALL fraction of keys move (≈ K/N, not most of them)
→ minimal redistribution when nodes change → much better for dynamic systems.
```

## Virtual nodes da amfani da su

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✓ VIRTUAL NODES → each physical node maps to MANY points on the ring → EVEN distribution
  (avoids uneven load from few nodes/uneven placement) → handles heterogeneous capacity
USES:
  → distributed CACHES (e.g. memcached clusters) — add/remove cache nodes without mass
    invalidation
  → distributed DATABASES (Cassandra, DynamoDB) — partition data across nodes
  → load balancers; any system distributing data/load across a changing set of nodes
```

## Me yasa yana da mahimmanci

ganewa consistent hashing shine ilimi mai daraja na matsakaitawa saboda yana **fundamental technique don ba data a kan dynamic distributed systems**, ana amfani da shi a yawa real systems, saboda haka yana da muhimmanci don distributed system design.

Matsalar da yake warware ita ita ce real kuma mahimmanci: **simple hashing** (`hash(key) % N`) yana haifar da **most keys suke sake jajagege lokacin da node lamba ya canja** (sakai server yana motsa kusan duka data — yana haifar da babbar motsi ko cache invalidation), wanda yana masa zama banza ne ga dynamic distributed systems inda aka saka kuma aka cire nodes. **Consistent hashing** yana warware wannan ta hanyar jajagege duka nodes da keys a kan **hash ring** (inda key ta kasance ga node na farko a gefen agogo), saboda haka **sakai ko cire node ya motsi kadan ne daga keys** (wadon a cikin ring segment, ≈ K/N) maimakon most — rage gadewa da raunin lokacin da node seti ya canja.

Ganewa wannan — yadda ring ke aiki kuma me yasa ya rage motsi na keys — shine key insight ne.

Ganewa **virtual nodes** (jajagege kowane physical node zuwa yawa ring points don daidai distribution, tabowa uneven load da kadan nodes ko musamman-sai-saita nodes, da gudanar da heterogeneous capacity) yana nuna yadda consistent hashing ke aiki sosai a aiki.

Ganewa **uses** — distributed caches (sakai/cire cache nodes ba tare da mass invalidation ba), distributed databases (Cassandra, DynamoDB partitioning data), da load balancers — yana bayyana mahimmancins sa, saboda ana amfani da shi a yawa real, widely-used systems.

Consistent hashing shine classic, mahimmanci distributed-systems technique wanda ke bayyana sau da yawa a system design discussions.

Tun da ba data a kan dynamic set na nodes (tare da kadan raunin lokacin da nodes suka canja) shine bukatun gida a distributed systems kuma consistent hashing yana warware shi (inda simple hashing ya kasa sosai), da tun ana amfani da shi a real systems (distributed caches da databases) da ganewa yana nuna distributed-systems knowledge, ganewa consistent hashing yana da daraja senior-level knowledge — fundamental technique don data distribution a dynamic distributed systems, ina amfani da shi a yawa real caches da databases, warware key-redistribution matsala na simple hashing, kuma classic distributed-systems concept wanda yana nuna zurfin da ake tsammanin senior roles wanda ke samun distributed systems.