Explore the future of FoundationDB storage engines in this 26-minute conference talk by Steve Atherton from Apple. Delve into the role of FDB's storage engine component and how its requirements are shaped by FDB's distributed architecture. Gain insights into the upcoming storage engine specifically designed for FDB's read and commit paths. Learn about its advantages, including higher write throughput, smaller space footprint through key prefix compression, and configurable support for long-running read transactions. Discover the trade-offs between disk space and data version persistence. Examine the FoundationDB SUMMIT overview, FDB storage architecture, current storage engines, and the motivation behind new developments. Investigate the Multi-Version Layer, 'missing' requirements, and the 'ssd' storage engine. Compare B+Tree and LSM structures before diving into the Redwood Storage Engine, featuring Copy-On-Write B+Tree, versioned pager, and versioned B+Tree concepts. Explore non-linear prefix compression techniques and their application in binary and B+Trees. Read more