One of their engineers gave a great talk at Strangeloop (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4fFDFbi3toc https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4fFDFbi3toc) that shows some of

One of their engineers gave a great talk at Strangeloop (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4fFDFbi3toc https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4fFDFbi3toc) that shows some of the amazing simulations they ran FoundationDB through. It's well worth a watch if you want to understand the punishment that they put this database through to make it stand out.