Architecture

Architecture

YugabyteDB architecture including the query, transactions, sharding, replication, and storage layers.
Design Goals
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The design goals around which YugabyteDB is built.
3 articles
Key concepts
Key concepts you need to know to understand the YugabyteDB architecture and the components and processes that make up a YugabyteDB cluster.
5 articles
Core functions
Understand universe creation, table creation, write IO path, read IO path, and high availability.
Layered architecture
A high level overview of the YugabyteDB architecture.
1 article
Query layer
Learn about the Yugabyte Query Layer (YQL).
6 articles
DocDB transactions layer
Review transaction model and how transactional consistency is ensured at various isolation levels.
3 articles
DocDB sharding layer
How sharding works in DocDB.
3 articles
DocDB replication layer
How replication works in DocDB.
3 articles
DocDB storage layer
How persistence storage works in DocDB.