| 1 | Half of the input is sent to each hash function. | |
| 2 | Internally, the class maintains a hash table of all pooled objects. | |
| 3 | For each element, a hash function calculates a number, which is used as an index into the table. | |
| 4 | With a good consistent hashing function, all servers should have more or less the same amount of data stored locally. | |
| 5 | And then hash character takes in any string or character, single character, gives me back a number. Notice what I do. |