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Buffer Pools, Caches, and the Memory Hierarchy
Published: at 12:06 PMDatabases use buffer pools, column caches, and result caches to keep hot data in RAM. Here is how each caching strategy works and what happens when data does not fit.
Writing to an Apache Iceberg Table: How Commits and ACID Actually Work
Published: at 12:05 PMHere is exactly how an engine writes to an Iceberg table, step by step, from data files through the atomic commit that makes ACID guarantees possible.
Volcano, Vectorized, Compiled: How Engines Execute Your Query
Published: at 12:05 PMThe Volcano model processes one row at a time. Vectorized execution processes batches with SIMD. Code generation fuses operators into compiled code. Here is how each works.