---
title: "How Pinterest Stores and Transfers Hundreds of Terabytes of Data Daily"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-pinterest-stores-and-transfers-hundreds-of-terabytes-of-data-daily-auylmegfc
source_url: https://blog.quastor.org/p/how-pinterest-stores-and-transfers-hundreds-of-terabytes-of-data-daily
type: article
source: "Quastor Daily"
published: 2025-01-09T21:04:51.252Z
updated: 2025-01-09T21:05:05.122Z
tags: ["architecture", "backend", "data-engineering"]
reading_time: 6
upvotes: 22
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# How Pinterest Stores and Transfers Hundreds of Terabytes of Data Daily

**[Quastor Daily](https://daily.dev/sources/quastor)** · 6 min read · 22 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

Pinterest uses a Change Data Capture (CDC) system to manage and transfer large volumes of data in real-time. This system helps keep their databases synchronized and improves performance by capturing and transferring only data changes. Pinterest's CDC architecture leverages open source tools like Debezium and Apache Kafka for scalability and reliability. The post also provides insights and practical tips for developers on technology selection, memory allocation, and cognitive psychology techniques to enhance coding skills.

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@gratkadlafana** · 0 upvotes

> Nice read, but I think it ended halfway through. Will get back to the original Pinterest Engineering blog post.

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