What If 10 Million Fans Stormed Your Ticket System? Designing Ticketmaster's Backbone
Imagine 10 million fans scrambling for Taylor Swift tickets — your system doesn't crash. Here's how to design a Ticketmaster-scale booking powerhouse, from requirements to entities.
⚡ Key Takeaways
- Prioritize 3-4 core requirements to stay focused in interviews.
- Separate Booking entity from Ticket for transaction integrity at scale.
- Shard by event ID, cache reads heavily — echo airline systems like Sabre for 10M user loads.
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