Basically, cache as much as you can, limit the bandwidth as much as you can - http://horicky.blogspot.com/2009/08/skinny-straw-in-cloud-shake.html

http://www.edwardcapriolo.com/roller/edwardcapriolo/entry/cassandra_compression_is_like_getting

Compression usually very useful - http://abdullin.com/journal/2012/6/5/design-observations-on-big-data-for-retail.html

Discussion of design of Aeron, a new messaging system - http://highscalability.com/blog/2014/11/17/aeron-do-we-really-need-another-messaging-system.html

How BBG use Hadoop, and tune it - http://highscalability.com/blog/2014/12/17/the-big-problem-is-medium-data.html

Benefits of single-threaded design - https://epickrram.blogspot.com/2019/02/recall-design.html