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How Does Database Store Tables on Disk? Explained both SSD & HDD

The Backend Engineering Show with Hussein Nasser

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Understanding the Challenges of Inserting and Updating Data in SSDs with B-trees

This chapter explores the challenges of inserting and updating data in SSDs, including the issue of data loss during in-place updates and the imbalance of B-tree indexes. It also introduces Grogs DB, Facebook's solution to these problems.

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