rqlite is a lightweight, open-source, distributed relational database written in Go. It is built on the Raft consensus protocol and uses SQLite as its storage engine.
Development of 9.0 has begun and aims to reduce disk usage by approximately 50%. This goal will be achieved through a high-level design overhaul targeting the primary causes of disk consumption in rqlite.
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My GopherCon 2023 talk, Build Your Own Distributed System Using Go, has been published to YouTube.
It was a great conference, and I appreciated the opportunity to share some lessons on designing, developing, and operating modern distributed systems in general, and the Raft consensus protocol in particular.
You can check out the video here.
rqlite is a lightweight, easy-to-use, open-source, distributed relational database. It’s written in Go and uses SQLite as its storage engine.
Release 8.0 is out now and brings substantial advancements to its handling of large data sets. It also adds many new features, and brings improvements in simplicity and operation — all the while maintaining rqlite’s focus on robustness and quality.
Continue reading rqlite 8.0: Large Dataset Support and Core Feature Upgrades
rqlite is a lightweight, open-source, distributed relational database written in Go, which uses SQLite as its storage engine.
I’ve been developing rqlite since 2014 and its design and implementation has evolved substantially during that time — and the design docs tell the story of what worked, and what didn’t. So what can we learn about distributed database design, from watching rqlite change over the years?
Continue reading 9 years of open-source database development
I recently had the opportunity to talk distributed systems and rqlite at the Hacker Nights NYC Meetup. It was great chance to speak with some folks, and discuss rqlite, its design, and how it operates.
The presentation is available, as is a video recording of the talk.
rqlite
is a lightweight, open-source, distributed relational database written in Go, which uses SQLite as its storage engine and Raft for distributed consensus. Release 7.0 is out now and introduces the first wave of new Node Discovery and Automatic Clustering features.
Continue reading rqlite 7.0: Designing Node Discovery and Automatic Clustering
rqlite
is a lightweight, open-source, distributed relational database written in Go, which uses SQLite as its storage engine. v6.0.0 is out now and makes clustering more robust. It also lays the foundation for more important features.
Continue reading rqlite 6.0: the evolution of a distributed database design
There is a popular image out there, among the general public, that small startups — particularly small software startups — are a hotbed of technical innovation, constantly creating new technology. But is it true?
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If you work in the logging, monitoring — or even Observability — space long enough, you eventually end up on team that tries to build a system that handles both logs and time series in a high-performant and cost-efficient manner.
Well, it’s a lot harder than it sounds — because logs and time-series are not the same.
This is a post following up on my Monitorama Baltimore 2019 talk.
Logging and Monitoring systems — Observability Systems, if you prefer — often seem to struggle to meet the needs of their users.
Continue reading Logging and Monitoring systems are hard to code