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Highly Scalable NoSQL with Dor Laor

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Creating Silver: A New Database

This chapter discusses the decision-making process behind creating Silver, a new database. It explores the initial considerations of designing a database for SSDs and the realization that existing solutions were sufficient. The chapter also covers the decision to rewrite Cassandra from scratch in C++ for improved performance and scalability.

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