MIT6.824 AuroraDB

August 1, 2023 · 524 words · 2 min · Distributed System Database Cloud-Native MIT6.824

This article introduces the design considerations of AWS’s database product, Aurora, including storage-compute separation, single-writer multi-reader architecture, and quorum-based NRW consistency protocol. The article also mentions how PolarDB was inspired by Aurora, with differences in addressing network bottlenecks and system call overhead. Aurora is a database product provided by AWS, primarily aimed at OLTP business scenarios. In terms of design, there are several aspects worth noting: The design premise of