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About Read Write Ratio Assumption in Different System Design

Hi all,

When I come across the read/write ratio assumption during the course (e.g. 100:1 for TinyURL case, 5:1 in pastebin case) , I have no idea on how those assumptions are made. Are they simply made by rough guessing or is there any principle when making such read/write ratio assumption? Thanks.