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How would you architect a scalable search engine that can index billions of documents?

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  • What are the key considerations when designing a highly available and fast distributed search system?
  • How would you architect a scalable search engine that can index billions of documents?
  • Design a distributed search engine for fast and scalable search queries.
  • Build a search engine designed for distributed infrastructure.
  • Create a scalable search engine optimized for distributed systems.
  • Develop a scalable distributed search engine.
  • Design a system for managing a distributed search engine.
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