Architecture

Architecture

YugabyteDB architecture including the query, transactions, sharding, replication, and storage layers.
Design goals
The YugabyteDB design goals.
3 articles
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.
1 article
Query layer
YugabyteDB Query Layer (YQL) overview.
6 articles
DocDB transactions layer
The transaction model and transactional consistency at various isolation levels.
3 articles
DocDB sharding layer
DocDB sharding overview.
3 articles
DocDB replication layer
DocDB replication overview.
3 articles
DocDB storage layer
DocDB persistence storage overview.