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Sampling advanced Multiple choice

An edge platform handles enormous request volume and cannot retain telemetry for every request. Which sampling strategy should it use, and what breaks under naive uniform sampling?

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An edge platform handles enormous request volume and cannot retain telemetry for every request. Which sampling strategy should it use, and what breaks under naive uniform sampling?