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FlashStore

FlashStore is a research key-value store that places a flash cache between RAM and a hard-disk backend.

Related Observatory article: FlashStore on hesela.com

Its RAM index holds compact signatures and flash addresses; a signature match requires comparison with the full stored key. Cold records can be destaged to a Berkeley DB disk store. [1]

The main 2010 evaluation fits its datasets on flash and disables the disk-presence Bloom filter; section 5.9 studies destaging separately. Its headline throughput is not an overflow-to-disk guarantee. [1]

Relations

related
SkimpyStash, SILT, FAWN-DS, Read amplification

Citations

  1. Debnath, Sengupta and Li. FlashStore: High Throughput Persistent Key-Value Store. PVLDB 3(2), 2010, sections 4.2-4.5 and 5.2. (accessed 2026-11-14)
Sources & caveats
  • Historical primary-source review, not a reproduced benchmark or current product recommendation.

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Hesela team. FlashStore. Hesela. 2026-11-14. https://hesela.dev/terms/flashstore/