The core and the basis of ScyllaDB’s outstanding performance is the Seastar framework, and the core and the basis of seastar is its event loop. In this presentation, we’ll see what the loop does in great detail, analyze the limitations that it runs in and all the consequences that follow those limitations. We’ll also learn how the loop is observed by the user and various means to understand its behavior.
Pavel "Xemul" Emelyanov is an ex-Linux kernel hacker whose past experience includes containerizing Linux and the foundation of the project called CRIU. Pavel joined the ScyllaDB core team at the end of 2019 (which probably explains some extra throughput brought to the NoSQL world since then).
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