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Propose a high-level design for a tracing system that can handle millions of spans per second across thousands of services.

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How would you approach designing a distributed tracing system that ensures minimal performance impact on the traced services?
Propose a high-level design for a tracing system that can handle millions of spans per second across thousands of services.
What are the key considerations when designing a low-overhead tracing mechanism for complex distributed systems?
Develop a distributed system for tracing and monitoring services.
Develop a distributed tracing system for tracking and debugging.
Develop a tracing system for distributed microservices.
Create a system to manage distributed tracing.
Design a system for managing a distributed tracing system.

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