SlateDB

Embedded database on object storage.

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Console’s review

· Reviewed by David Mytton

What we like

Writes go to object storage so you don’t need to manage disks or replication (outside of configuring the storage layer). Reads are cached (including after write, so a read from an write op doesn’t require an additional request). Object storage write latency can be ignored by avoiding await on put (sacrificing durability).

Tradeoffs

Transactions not supported yet. It’s a Rust library without any other language bindings (yet). Minimal documentation.

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