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Dropbox saved millions building a custom load balancer

Dropbox saved resources by creating a superior version of a tool everyone uses

Protobufs are what make gRPC fast, but also more difficult to set up since the client and server need to support it. Although the LBS stores some data in memory for quick access, anLBS itself can come in and out of existence; sometimes, it crashes and needs to restart. In fact, after using Robinhood in production for a few years, the team at Dropbox has been able to reduce their server size by 25%.

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