Simulation run on this device. Scenario values are not sent anywhere — the engine is fully local.
system design simulation · free
Retry Storm Cascade
Multiply per-hop retries down a call chain and then break the cascade correctly.
How does a 2x retry policy become 16x at four hops?
Engine 1.0.0 · simulation
105000
590
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0100
- Load multiplier
- ×1.42
- Effective attempts
- 283
- Peak herd factor
- ~90% peak
- Smoothed peak
- 255
Jitter spreads the herd; upstream sees a flatter wave.
200 clients × 1.42 = 283 attempts
Method
- Deterministic local model of the mechanism — knobs recompute outputs instantly with no network.
- Numbers are teaching approximations, not production capacity guarantees.