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why is this here, from 2012?
by wessorh 9y ago
why is this here, from 2012?
- timClicks 9y agoSSTables have had a very significant impact on how many other databases have been developed. LevelDB was their first public appearance (I believe). It's also nice to recognize the work of people who have had a significant impact on the industry. Jeff Dean & Sanjay Ghemawat are an incredible force.
- jjirsa 9y agoThey were described in the Bigtable paper, and were widely used before leveldb was published (Cassandra, for example, used sstables and LSM concerts well before 2012)
- jxub 9y agoI just wanted to point out that there is a good explanation of SSTables B-trees and other database structures in a whoke chapter of the great book Designing Data-Intensive Applications, by Martin Klepmann.
- jbreiding 9y agoIn the middle of this book right now, specifically the unreliable clocks part. The explanations have the right amount of depth. It's a great read in so far.
- suj1th 9y agonot to mention, some awesome references at the end of each chapter. I had made it a point after each chapter to randomly pick an interesting reference and read that as well.
- ta2384428 9y agoI just ordered the book from your recommendation, thanks.
- jxub 9y agoI also discovered it on Hacker News, hope you'll enjoy it!