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Ideas for improvements and new features in EventStoreDB, client libraries, and database extensions.

Workspace EventStoreDB
Categories Performance
Created by Tim Coleman
Created on Jan 4, 2024

Chunk format optimised for reading

The idea is to rewrite the chunk file after it stops accepting writes, so it can handle reads better.

  • Re-sort events in closed chunks to group events of the same stream together for efficient IOPS use.

  • Could also save having to repeat the stream name.

  • Could also have implications for reducing the size of the main index

  • Attach files