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System Design
A rate limiter is deployed across 3 load-balanced servers using per-process in-memory counters with a stated limit of 100/minute. What is the ACTUAL effective limit a client experiences?
A
Exactly 100/minute, unaffected by server count
B
Roughly 300/minute — each server independently allows up to 100, since none of them see the client's full request volume
C
33/minute — the limit gets divided, not multiplied
D
0 — the rate limiter stops working entirely
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