The Weekend Read - Issue #35 - Embedded key-value stores
Another weekend, another weekend read, this time all about embedded key-value stores
The post What's the big deal about key-value databases like FoundationDB and RocksDB? takes a closer look at embedded key-value stores like RocksDB, LevelDB, PebbleD and distributed key-value stores like FoundationDB and TiKV.
Key-value stores are a foundational technology underlying many modern systems like CockroachDB and TiDB.
Phil Eaton walks through different aspects of key value stores. Specifically, Phil elegantly describes how tables, rows, and columns of a relational database management systems maps to a key value store.
Happy Reading
What's the big deal about key-value databases like FoundationDB and RocksDB? What's the big deal about key-value databases like FoundationDB and RocksDB?
P.S. If you have more time to read this weekend, you can follow up this post with another great post by the same author: Let's build a distributed Postgres proof of concept
Let's build a distributed Postgres proof of concept Let's build a distributed Postgres proof of concept