Database Internals

A Deep Dive into How Distributed Data Systems Work, 1st Edition

By: Alex Petrov

Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain

When it comes to choosing, using, and maintaining a database, understanding its internals is essential. But with so many distributed databases and tools available today, it's often difficult to understand what each one offers. With this practical guide, Alex Petrov guides developers through the concepts behind modern database and storage engine internals.

Throughout the book, you'll explore relevant material gleaned from numerous books, papers, blog posts, and the source code of several open source databases. You'll discover that the most significant distinctions among many modern databases reside in subsystems that determine how storage is organized and how data is distributed. This book examines:

- Storage engines: Explore storage classification and taxonomy, and dive into B-Tree-based and immutable Log Structured storage engines

- Storage building blocks: Learn how database files are organized to build efficient storage, using auxiliary data structures

- Distributed systems: Learn how nodes and processes connect and build complex communication patterns

- Database clusters: Which consistency models are commonly used by modern databases and how distributed storage systems achieve consistency

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2019 Oleksandr Petrov (P)2022 Ascent Audio

I can't believe this exists as an audiobook.

This book contains exactly the up to date information I was hoping for. although it is all available from other sources it is collected here, organized and presented well. The reading is surprisingly good for such a dry topic and I found myself pausing and relistening to multiple segments to let them sink in. Best when paired with the written book.

A very niche topic but a great resource if that's what you're looking for.