In modern database architecture, separating compute from storage unlocks powerful capabilities. Our tiered storage, “bottomless”, started by uploading files to remote object storage. This worked well until we wanted to create database branches pointing to the same remote storage. One branch does not know if it can delete a file that another branch depends on. To solve this, we built... Read More

Separation of Storage and Compute, ala Snowflake or BigQuery, gives enormous benefits in terms of flexibility, scalability and durability. This talk presents a detailed architecture differentiated on low latency small writes. This talk is part of the Vaccination Database Tech Talk Seminar Series. Zoom Link: https://cmu.zoom.us/j/94112059546 (Password 809013) Read More