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Architecture pattern used by Dropbox
As we have many software architecture patterns available like peer-to-peer, client server, Observer and a lot more, which one does Dropbox uses ? and why it has selected that specific architecture? P...
Hey Akhil_M_S, I'd happily take it from where you left off with Daphne; I hope my message finds you well today!
To answer your initial question Akhil, different features on different platforms tend to have slightly different models, but the most common pattern is the observer pattern. This is implemented as long-polling from the client to the server, which holds the canonical representation of the data. For example, we do this for a lot of sync features, but also for comments/file activity. Where we don't use long-polling, we do client/server polling.
Hope that helps with your class presentation and good luck with your project!
Jane
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHey Akhil_M_S, I'd happily take it from where you left off with Daphne; I hope my message finds you well today!
To answer your initial question Akhil, different features on different platforms tend to have slightly different models, but the most common pattern is the observer pattern. This is implemented as long-polling from the client to the server, which holds the canonical representation of the data. For example, we do this for a lot of sync features, but also for comments/file activity. Where we don't use long-polling, we do client/server polling.
Hope that helps with your class presentation and good luck with your project!
