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Object storage systems Research date: 2026-10-09 This report selects 20 GitHub repositories implementing object/blob storage engines, substantial object-serving gateways, or a versioned object-storage layer. It covers distributed and single-node designs, replicated and erasure-coded storage, centra…
View on Mastodon (opens in a new tab)And to think, 15 years ago we thought LDAP-enabled fridges were cool... https://mastodon.social/@hyc/115827458797139979
View on Mastodon (opens in a new tab)Video from my #LDAPCon talk is now online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgChZKLN8hk #OpenLDAP #LDAPCon2026 #LMDB
View on Mastodon (opens in a new tab)We’re pleased to announce the availability of Symas OpenLDAP for Windows, version 2.6.15-1.
Read articlePredictIO: Decoupling Workload Prediction from OS-Controlled Storage Prefetching Storage stalls remain a significant source of application latency even on fast storage devices. Prefetching can hide part of this latency by fetching data before it is demanded, We present PredictIO, a programmable int…
View on Mastodon (opens in a new tab)Database Index Visualization | B+ Tree Lookups & Range Scans https://cuuduongthancong.com/app/galles/visualization/DBIndex.html IMO the concept is simple enough I don't see the value of an animated visualization of the process. (Unlike various write operations which may involve complicated rebalanc…
View on Mastodon (opens in a new tab)Embedded relational databases Research date: 2026-10-09. This report selects 22 GitHub repositories for studying databases that execute relational queries inside an application process. It covers transactional SQL, embedded analytics, browser runtimes, relational Datalog, and a small-device relatio…
View on Mastodon (opens in a new tab)Persistent key-value storage engines Research date: 2026-10-09. This selection covers 27 repositories implementing reusable, persistent key-value storage: local embedded engines, This is a guide to studying engineering decisions, not a certification of every component or a deployment recommendation…
View on Mastodon (opens in a new tab)KRAKEN: A provenance-tracked knowledge graph for multiomic and wellness research All three of KRAKEN’s interfaces are backed by KESTREL (Knowledge Engine for Structural, Text, and Representational Embedded Lookup), a Python-based query engine developed alongside KRAKEN. KESTREL loads the KRAKEN NDJ…
View on Mastodon (opens in a new tab)#OpenLDAP 2.6.16 release candidate #2 available for testing https://lists.openldap.org/hyperkitty/list/openldap-technical@openldap.org/thread/WNF64HOZGD7PR7642G7MLW2A4SOG2XKR/
View on Mastodon (opens in a new tab)RE: https://mastodon.infra.de/@galaxis/117421973961880417 Would be nice if there was a separate timeline for "stuff I've already seen" and that also caught identical media.
View on Mastodon (opens in a new tab)Strange comment regarding #LMDB version conflicts. There's no reason any particular app can't build with either 0.9 or 1.0.
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