[Imported] Latency numbers: remove conversion to throughput #435
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- The Japanese translation is ambiguous about “vertical scaling” means scaling out or scaling up. - The word “expensive” is missing in the Japanese translation.
- Fix mistranslation of parallel structure. (not information/blacklist/limit, but hide/blacklist/limit)
* JA: Fix mistranslation in Horizontal scaling section - The Japanese translation is ambiguous about “vertical scaling” means scaling out or scaling up. - The word “expensive” is missing in the Japanese translation. * ja: Fix mistranslation in "Horizontal scaling"
Remove conversion of latency numbers to throughput. This is misleading for two reasons: 1. Latency and throughput are not computable from each other. For example: if I know it takes 1 second to turn on the hose, get 1 liter of water, and turn it off, I cannot conclude that the maximum rate I can get water out of the hose is 1 liter per second (though I can conclude it's more than that). 2. The throughput estimates seem suspect, in and of themselves. These are great numbers to know, of course, but need to be backed by a separate source. (This'll be extra important if and when this guide includes information about, say, GPUs, which are optimized for throughput).
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Imported from donnemartin/system-design-primer#427
Original author: @psanan
Remove conversion of latency numbers to throughput.
This is misleading for two reasons: