<data> - data source that continuously sends objects to "our component" - data is evenly distributed (not duplicated) across the servers of "our component" ["our component"] - N independent servers - stores data; upon reaching the limit: POST request to insert into the database - IP address of the database server is specified in the config file [Database] - cluster of N servers - can write to any server Installation procedure: - knows all servers of "our component" and all database servers - assigns database servers to "our component" approximately evenly --> [ ] -> 1 |(1) | --> [ ] -> 2 |----| <data> --> [ ] -> 3 |(2) | \--> [ ] -> 1 |----| --> [ ] -> 2 |(3) |