<h1 id="heading-bitesized-high-level-overview-of-system-design-fundamentals">Bitesized High-Level Overview of System Design Fundamentals</h1>
When designing systems it helps to consider i) system types, ii) characteristics, and iii) principles.
Awareness of products &amp; services relevant to system design, construction, and O&amp;M facilitates placing the principles into practice.
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What are your favorite system design concepts and tools?
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<h1 id="heading-references">References</h1>
<h4 id="heading-system-types-andamp-locations">System Types &amp; Locations:</h4>
<ul>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://web.mit.edu/6.829/www/currentsemester/materials/lecture1.pdf">Computer Networks</a>
</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.scs.stanford.edu/17au-cs244b/notes/intro.pdf">Distributed Systems</a>
</li>
</ul>
<h4 id="heading-principles">Principles:</h4>
<ul>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://web.stanford.edu/class/archive/cs/cs110/cs110.1196/static/lectures/19-principles-of-system-design.pdf">Principles of System Design</a></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="heading-characteristics">Characteristics:</h4>
<ul>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/courses/soco/projects/distributed-computing/html/body_efficiency.html">Efficiency</a>
</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://www.scs.stanford.edu/nyu/03sp/notes/l24.pdf">System Design Issues</a>
</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_performance">Performance</a>
</li>
</ul>
<h4 id="heading-existing-tools">Existing Tools:</h4>
<ul>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://hadoop.apache.org/">Apache Hadoop</a>
</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://zookeeper.apache.org/">Apache Zookeeper</a>
</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://aws.amazon.com/s3/">Amazon S3</a>
</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/storage/blobs/">Azure Blob</a>
</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://www.consul.io/">Consul</a>
</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://www.docker.com/">Docker</a>
</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://etcd.io/">etcd</a>
</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://cloud.google.com/pubsub">Google Cloud Pub/Sub</a>
</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://cloud.google.com/storage/">Google Cloud Storage</a>
</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://www.influxdata.com/">InfluxDB</a>
</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://kafka.apache.org/">kafka</a>
</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://kubernetes.io/">Kubernets</a>
</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://www.mongodb.com/">mongoDB</a>
</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://www.mysql.com/">MySQL</a>
</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://neo4j.com/">neo4j</a>
</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://www.nginx.com/">NGINX</a>
</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://www.postgresql.org/">PostgreSQL</a>
</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://prometheus.io/">Prometheus</a>
</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://redis.io/">redis</a>
</li>
</ul>
<h1 id="heading-appendix">Appendix</h1>
<h4 id="heading-tool-discovery-andamp-comparison-websites">Tool Discovery &amp; Comparison Websites:</h4>
<ul>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://awesomeopensource.com/">AwesomeOpenSource</a>
</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://db-engines.com/en/ranking">DB-Engines Ranking</a>
</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://www.g2.com/products/g2/competitors/alternatives">G2</a>
</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://www.hntrends.com/">hntrends</a>
</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://openbase.com/">Openbase</a> (<a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/LiorGrossman/status/1645447546318274561">shutting down April 24, 2023</a>)
</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://opensource.builders/">Opensource Builders</a>
</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://www.producthunt.com/">Product Hunt</a>
</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://www.saashub.com/">Saas Hub</a>
</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://stackshare.io/categories">Stackshare</a>
</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://www.wappalyzer.com/technologies">Wappalyzer</a>
</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://w3techs.com/technologies">Web³ Techs</a>
</li>
</ul>
<h4 id="heading-links-to-categorized-tools">Links to Categorized Tools:</h4>
<ul>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://stackshare.io/application-hosting">Application Hosting</a>
</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://stackshare.io/build-test-deploy">Build-Test-Deploy</a>
</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://stackshare.io/data-stores">Data Stores</a>
</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://stackshare.io/monitoring">Monitoring</a>
</li>
</ul>

# Bitesized High-Level Overview of System Design Fundamentals

When designing systems it helps to consider i) system types, ii) characteristics, and iii) principles.

Awareness of products & services relevant to system design, construction, and O&M facilitates placing the principles into practice.

![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1645209603353/zqLWJcJ1m.png align="left")

[Enlarge](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1645209603353/zqLWJcJ1m.png)

> What are your favorite system design concepts and tools?

# References

#### **System Types & Locations:**

* [Computer Networks](http://web.mit.edu/6.829/www/currentsemester/materials/lecture1.pdf)
    
* [Distributed Systems](http://www.scs.stanford.edu/17au-cs244b/notes/intro.pdf)
    

#### **Principles:**

* [Principles of System Design](https://web.stanford.edu/class/archive/cs/cs110/cs110.1196/static/lectures/19-principles-of-system-design.pdf)
    

#### **Characteristics:**

* [Efficiency](https://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/courses/soco/projects/distributed-computing/html/body_efficiency.html)
    
* [System Design Issues](https://www.scs.stanford.edu/nyu/03sp/notes/l24.pdf)
    
* [Performance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_performance)
    

#### **Existing Tools:**

* [Apache Hadoop](https://hadoop.apache.org/)
    
* [Apache Zookeeper](https://zookeeper.apache.org/)
    
* [Amazon S3](https://aws.amazon.com/s3/)
    
* [Azure Blob](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/storage/blobs/)
    
* [Consul](https://www.consul.io/)
    
* [Docker](https://www.docker.com/)
    
* [etcd](https://etcd.io/)
    
* [Google Cloud Pub/Sub](https://cloud.google.com/pubsub)
    
* [Google Cloud Storage](https://cloud.google.com/storage/)
    
* [InfluxDB](https://www.influxdata.com/)
    
* [kafka](https://kafka.apache.org/)
    
* [Kubernets](https://kubernetes.io/)
    
* [mongoDB](https://www.mongodb.com/)
    
* [MySQL](https://www.mysql.com/)
    
* [neo4j](https://neo4j.com/)
    
* [NGINX](https://www.nginx.com/)
    
* [PostgreSQL](https://www.postgresql.org/)
    
* [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/)
    
* [redis](https://redis.io/)
    

# Appendix

#### Tool Discovery & Comparison Websites:

* [AwesomeOpenSource](https://awesomeopensource.com/)
    
* [DB-Engines Ranking](https://db-engines.com/en/ranking)
    
* [G2](https://www.g2.com/products/g2/competitors/alternatives)
    
* [hntrends](https://www.hntrends.com/)
    
* [Openbase](https://openbase.com/) ([shutting down April 24, 2023](https://twitter.com/LiorGrossman/status/1645447546318274561))
    
* [Opensource Builders](https://opensource.builders/)
    
* [Product Hunt](https://www.producthunt.com/)
    
* [Saas Hub](https://www.saashub.com/)
    
* [Stackshare](https://stackshare.io/categories)
    
* [Wappalyzer](https://www.wappalyzer.com/technologies)
    
* [Web³ Techs](https://w3techs.com/technologies)
    

#### Links to Categorized Tools:

* [Application Hosting](https://stackshare.io/application-hosting)
    
* [Build-Test-Deploy](https://stackshare.io/build-test-deploy)
    
* [Data Stores](https://stackshare.io/data-stores)
    
* [Monitoring](https://stackshare.io/monitoring)

Bite-Sized High-Level Overview of [IT] System Design Fundamentals

Bitesized High-Level Overview of System Design Fundamentals

References

System Types &amp; Locations:

Principles:

Characteristics:

Existing Tools:

Appendix

Tool Discovery &amp; Comparison Websites:

Links to Categorized Tools:

Charting Paths

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