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Problem 1: How much will the storage of logs cost for a standard, monolithic 100,000 RPS web application?

#napkin-math
Problem 1: How much will the storage of logs cost for a standard, monolithic 100,000 RPS web application?

#napkin-math
Share your solution and how you arrived at it on Twtxt and tomorrow, I'll share mine! 👌
Share your solution and how you arrived at it on Twtxt and tomorrow, I'll share mine! 👌
Anyone had a chance to have a go at this problem yet? 🤔I'll post my solution in a few hours...
Anyone had a chance to have a go at this problem yet? 🤔I'll post my solution in a few hours...
A reminder of the problem:

> How much will the storage of logs cost for a standard, monolithic 100,000 RPS web application?
A reminder of the problem:

> How much will the storage of logs cost for a standard, monolithic 100,000 RPS web application?
My solution to:

> How much will the storage of logs cost for a standard, monolithic 100,000 RPS web application?

* 512 bytes logged per request
* 100,000 RPS
* ~50MB/s
* ~4TB/day
* $0.02/GB Blob Storage
* $0 ingress
* 90 days retention
* ~400TB
* $8k Blob Storage
* Costs:
* ~$88/day
* ~$2.6k/month
* ~$32k/year*
My solution to:

> How much will the storage of logs cost for a standard, monolithic 100,000 RPS web application?

* 512 bytes logged per request
* 100,000 RPS
* ~50MB/s
* ~4TB/day
* $0.02/GB Blob Storage
* $0 ingress
* 90 days retention
* ~400TB
* $8k Blob Storage
* Costs:
* ~$88/day
* ~$2.6k/month
* ~$32k/year*