cache stampedes

A form of cache stampede — A cascading failure that may occur when massively parallel systems with caching mechanisms come under very high load, leading to multiple threads of execution attempting to perform the same operation simultaneously.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of cache stampede
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