Dropbox
Cloud Infrastructure
Dropbox

Cloud storage pioneer with efficient sync, deduplication, and hybrid cloud architecture serving 700M+ users

Employees:3,000+
Revenue:$2.5B+
Founded:2007
HQ:San Francisco, CA
Ticker:DBX
Key Metrics
Users700M+ registered users
Uptime99.99%
Files StoredHundreds of billions
Storage Efficiency90%+ dedup
Sync LatencySeconds
Tech Stack
React
Python
Rust
MySQL
Magic Pocket
Own Data Centers
System Architecture

Hybrid Cloud with Magic Pocket

Dropbox Architecture

Exabyte-Scale File Storage

Client Apps

Desktop Sync
Rust
Mobile Apps
iOS, Android
Web App
React

Edge Layer

CDN
Static
API Gateway
gRPC

Core Services

Sync Engine
Coordination
Storage Service
Blocks
Metadata
Edgestore

Magic Pocket

Block Store
Content-addressed
Deduplication
90%+ savings
Erasure Coding
Durability

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Sources

https://dropbox.techhttps://github.com/dropbox

Last updated: 2024-12-01