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Why Analytics Databases Use Columnar Storage, Compression, and Vectorized Query Execution

July 14, 2026Data Systems

Analytical systems are optimized for scanning huge histories, not serving tiny transactional lookups. That is why warehouses lean on columnar storage, aggressive compression, batched writes, vectorized execution, and precomputed aggregates.

LSM-Trees vs B-Trees: Read Paths, Write Amplification, and the Storage Engine Tradeoffs Under Your App

July 11, 2026Data Systems

Modern databases do not all store and retrieve data the same way. LSM-trees and B-trees make different bets on append-only writes, in-place updates, compaction, caching, and amplification, and those bets show up in latency, throughput, and operational behavior.

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