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Transcript
bloom filters a look into
a look into bloom filters
@fribmendes @frmendes
@cesiuminho
@cesiuminho
@coderdojominho
We design and develop thoughtful digital products. BRAGA & BOSTON
@mirrorconf @rubyconfpt
wat the wtf is a bloom filter
“A bloom filter is a space-efficient probabilistic data structure, conceived
by Burton Howard Bloom in 1970 (…) a query returns either possibly in set or definitely not in set.” - Wikipedia, 2016
A funky array with hash functions that’s supposed to be
really really small.
bloom filter do you have ‘abc’ in there?
bloom filter i definitely do not do you have ‘abc’
in there?
how about some ‘xyz’? bloom filter i definitely do not
i mean, yeah, probably bloom filter how about some ‘xyz’?
SERVER
Can I visit “pixels.camp”? SERVER
SERVER Can I visit “pixels.camp”?
Can I visit “pixels.camp”? SERVER CLIENT bloom filter
Pre-filling the bloom filter
add(‘totallynotfake.com’)
hash(‘totallynotfake.com’)
hash(‘totallynotfake.com’)
hash(‘clickformoney.com’)
Can I visit “pixels.camp”? CLIENT
hash(‘pixels.camp’) Can I visit “pixels.camp”? CLIENT
yes! Can I visit “pixels.camp”? CLIENT
Can I visit “github.com”? CLIENT
hash(‘github.com’) CLIENT Can I visit “github.com”?
nope. Can I visit “github.com”? CLIENT
SERVER Can I visit “github.com”?
you’re good to go Can I visit “github.com”? SERVER
“A bloom filter is a space-efficient probabilistic data structure, conceived
by Burton Howard Bloom in 1970 (…) a query returns either possibly in set or definitely not in set.” - Wikipedia, 2016
“A bloom filter is a space-efficient probabilistic data structure, conceived
by Burton Howard Bloom in 1970 (…) a query returns either possibly in set or definitely not in set.” - Wikipedia, 2016
“A bloom filter is a space-efficient probabilistic data structure, conceived
by Burton Howard Bloom in 1970 (…) a query returns either possibly in set or definitely not in set.” - Wikipedia, 2016
Things to consider: bloom filters do inclusion testing
Things to consider: bloom filters turn big data into tiny
data
Things to consider: bloom filters turn false into true
Things to consider: your application must allow false positives
diving into it
module MaliciousUrl class Filter end end
module MaliciousUrl class Filter def initialize @filter = Hash.new end
end end
module MaliciousUrl class Filter def add(url) @filter[url] = true end
end end
module MaliciousUrl class Filter def test(url) @filter[url] end end end
instant access™
instant access™ space complexity: saving key-value tuples
instant access™ space complexity: saving key-value tuples solution: bit arrays
module MaliciousUrl class Filter def initialize(size: 1024) @bits = BitArray.new(size)
@fnv = FNV.new @size = size end end end
module MaliciousUrl class Filter def hash(str) @fnv.fnv1a_32(str) % @size end
end end
module MaliciousUrl class Filter def add(str) index = hash(str) @bits[index]
= 1 end end end
module MaliciousUrl class Filter def test(str) index = hash(str) @bits[index]
== 1 end end end
instant access™
instant access™ space-efficiency
instant access™ space-efficiency small universe == more collisions
instant access™ space-efficiency small universe == more collisions solution: more
hashes
def initialize(size: 1024, iterations: 3) @bits = BitArray.new(size) @size =
size @seeds = seed(iterations) end
def initialize(size: 1024, iterations: 3) @bits = BitArray.new(size) @size =
size @seeds = seed(iterations) end
def initialize(size: 1024, iterations: 3) @bits = BitArray.new(size) @size =
size @seeds = seed(iterations) end
def seed(n) seeds = [] n.times do seed = SecureRandom.hex(3).to_i(16)
seeds.push(seed) end seeds end
def seed(iterations) (1..iterations).map do SecureRandom.hex(3).to_i(16) end end because Ruby
def initialize(size: 1024, iterations: 3) @bits = BitArray.new(size) @size =
size @seeds = seed(iterations) end
def hash(str, seed) hash = MurmurHash3::V32.str_hash(str, seed) hash % @size
end
def indices_of(str) @seeds.map { |seed| hash(str, seed) } end
def add(str) indices_of(str).each { |i| @bits[i] = 1 } end
def test(str) indices_of(str).all? { |i| @bits[i] == 1 } end
a test drive
A benchmark create a bloom filter with 1024 bits insert
900 values test 2048 values
$ ruby benchmark.rb ### V1 Bloom filter size: 1024. Inserted
values: 900. Tested values: 2048. Positive tests: 1532. False positives: 632. ### V2 Bloom filter size: 1024. Inserted values: 900. Tested values: 2048. Positive tests: 1816. False positives: 916.
$ ruby benchmark.rb ### V1 Bloom filter size: 1024. Inserted
values: 900. Tested values: 2048. Positive tests: 1532. False positives: 632. ### V2 Bloom filter size: 1024. Inserted values: 900. Tested values: 2048. Positive tests: 1816. False positives: 916.
$ ruby benchmark.rb ### V1 Bloom filter size: 1024. Inserted
values: 900. Tested values: 2048. Positive tests: 1532. False positives: 632. ### V2 Bloom filter size: 1024. Inserted values: 900. * 3 = 2700 Tested values: 2048. Positive tests: 1816. False positives: 916.
$ ruby benchmark_v2.rb ### V1 Bloom filter size: 1024. Inserted
values: 300. Tested values: 2048. Positive tests: 729. False positives: 429. ### V2 Bloom filter size: 1024. Inserted values: 300. Tested values: 2048. Positive tests: 627. False positives: 327.
$ ruby benchmark_v2.rb ### V1 Bloom filter size: 1024. Inserted
values: 300. Tested values: 2048. Positive tests: 729. False positives: 429. ### V2 Bloom filter size: 1024. Inserted values: 300. Tested values: 2048. Positive tests: 627. False positives: 327.
Things to consider: the expected amount of entries influences performance
the number of hash functions influences performance Things to consider:
calculating the optimal size & number of hash functions is
a solved problem Things to consider:
calculating the optimal size & number of hash functions is
a solved problem • false positive rate • expected number of items Things to consider:
benchmark, benchmark, benchmark estimate, estimate, estimate Things to consider:
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@fribmendes @frmendes Fernando Mendes