How Dropbox Scaled Its Database to Millions of Users

Stanford · Talk · 1 h 8 min · 2012 · YouTube title: How We've Scaled Dropbox

Why it's here

Recommended as a detailed, candid case study of scaling a real system from zero users to millions.

What it covers

Dropbox engineer Kevin Modzelewski gives a Stanford colloquium on Dropbox's history and the technical problems it faced scaling, including detailed database schema decisions.