
The diagram above illustrates a commonly used architecture in implementing web services, which involves adding a cache between the service and the database to reduce the load on the database. However, when implementing service integration, three major cache problems are often encountered: Cache Avalanche, Hotspot Invalid, Cache Penetration. Among them, Cache Hotspot Invalid is a very common issue. When the data in the cache expires or disappears, a large number of requests will simultaneously hit the backend database, causing an excessive load on the database and even leading to database crashes, as shown in the diagram where the cache key of a certain article expires. This article will introduce how to use the singleflight built into the Go language to solve the Cache Hotspot Invalid problem. This is a feature in the sync package that can prevent duplicate requests from hitting the backend database simultaneously.




