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Database Internals: A Deep Dive into How Distributed Data Systems Work

Author:Alex Petrov
Edition:1st Edition
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Chapters

  • Chapter 1: Introduction & Overview of Database Internals→
  • Chapter 2: B-Tree Basics & Disk-Based Indexing→
  • Chapter 3: Database File Formats & Page Layouts→
  • Chapter 4: Implementing B-Trees in Storage Engines→
  • Chapter 5: Transaction Processing, Recovery & Concurrency→
  • Chapter 6: B-Tree Variants & Modern Index Structures→
  • Chapter 7: Log-Structured Storage & LSM Trees→
  • Chapter 8: Distributed Systems Fundamentals for Databases→
  • Chapter 9: Failure Detection in Distributed Databases→
  • Chapter 10: Leader Election Algorithms in Distributed Systems→
  • Chapter 11: Replication & Consistency Models→
  • Chapter 12: Anti-Entropy & Data Dissemination Techniques→
  • Chapter 13: Distributed Transactions & Coordination→
  • Chapter 14: Consensus Algorithms: Paxos, Raft & Beyond→

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