SirixDB is an Embeddable, Evolutionary, Append-Only Database System
published on 2023/11/14
SirixDB appends data to an indexed log file without the need of a WAL. It can be embedded and used as a library from your favorite language on the JVM to store and query data locally or by using a simple CLI. An asynchronous HTTP server, which adds the core and query modules as dependencies, can interact with SirixDB over the network using Keycloak for authentication/authorization. One file stores the data with all revisions and possibly secondary indexes. A second file stores offsets into the file to quickly search for a revision by a given timestamp using an in-memory binary search. Furthermore, a few maintenance files exist, which store the configuration of a resource and the definitions of secondary indexes (if any are configured). Other JSON files keep track of changes in delta files if enabled.