SlateDB: ‘Bottomless’ Databases Built on Cloud Object Stores
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SlateDB, a new open-source storage engine, runs key-value stores directly on cloud object storage, offering significant cost savings compared to traditional compute engines. This Zero-Disk Architecture approach trades higher latency for reduced expenses, simplified management, and built-in scalability, while allowing users to adjust consistency and availability preferences within the CAP theorem framework.
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