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YugabyteDB architecture including the query, transactions, sharding, replication, and storage layers.
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Design goals
The YugabyteDB design goals.
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Key concepts
Key concepts of the YugabyteDB architecture as well as the components and processes of a YugabyteDB universe.
5 articles
Core functions
Universe and table creation, the I/O path reading and writing, and high availability.
Layered architecture
YugabyteDB architecture overview.
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Query layer
YugabyteDB Query Layer (YQL) overview.
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DocDB transactions layer
The transaction model and transactional consistency at various isolation levels.
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DocDB sharding layer
DocDB sharding overview.
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DocDB replication layer
DocDB replication overview.
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DocDB storage layer
DocDB persistence storage overview.
