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Designing a Datacenter-wide Distributed Shared Log

Year: 2025

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Distributed shared logs simplify the implementation and interoperation of data stores. This paper addresses a simple question: Is it feasible to build a single, datacenter-wide distributed shared log that can support all the data stores running in a datacenter? We answer in the affirmative by presenting RingWorld, a scalable log based on a ring of programmable switches that can sustain tens of billions of appends per second while maintaining low latency. We hope the design of RingWorld will propel the adoption of shared logs as a core part of datacenter infrastructure.

Source: Workshop on Hot Topics in Operating Systems

DOI: 10.1145/3713082.3730394

Authors: Micah Murray, Wen Zhang, Aisha Mushtaq, Natacha Crooks, Aurojit Panda, Scott Shenker

Institutions: University of California, Berkeley, New York University, International Computer Science Institute

Language: English

Topic: Distributed systems and fault tolerance

Subfield: Computer Networks and Communications

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W4411091386

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