Database School Distributed SQLite with Litestream and LiteFS
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Jun 13, 2024 Ben and Aaron delve into replication and backups in SQLite, Litestream, and LiteFS. They discuss building LiteFS, enhancing SQLite functionality, and replicating data in distributed systems. The podcast highlights the simplicity and efficiency of these tools, emphasizing their speed and reliability.
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BoltDB Origin
- Ben Johnson created BoltDB while at Shopify to solve a disk space issue with LMDB.
- This experience highlighted the speed and simplicity of embedded databases.
Litestream's Purpose
- Litestream was designed to address the disaster recovery limitations of SQLite.
- It allows for continuous, incremental backups, minimizing data loss.
Litestream's Cleverness
- Litestream leverages SQLite's journaling modes without modifying its internals.
- By keeping a long-running read transaction open, it controls the checkpointing process.