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The new databases that have emerged during this time have adopted names such as NoSQL and NewSQL, emphasizing that good old SQL databases fell short when it came to meeting the new demands. RocksDB implements what is known in the database literature as a log-structured merge tree aka LSM tree. Each node represents a unit of compute and storage that can be added to the system as needed. The advantages of RocksDB over other store engines are: The use of bloom filters, RocksDB also offers great read performance making RocksDB an ideal candidate on base distributed databases.