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How to Write to SSDs
Summary: Shows DBMS-side out-of-place write redesign needed to exploit SSD I/O while preserving lifespan. Redesigns LeanStore (B-tree) with cross-layer write-amplification optimizations, improving OLTP throughput 1.65–2.24x and cutting flash writes 6.2–9.8x (YCSB-A), 2.45x on TPC-C 15k WH; supports ZNS/FDP.
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Paper ID
14480
Venue
VLDB
Year
2026
Pagerank
5.093636e-05
Overall Rank
10,543 | 27.67%
DOI
10.14778/3801059.3801063
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BibTeX Citation
@article{lee_vldb26,
title = {{How to Write to SSDs}},
author = {Lee, Bohyun and Ziegler, Tobias and Leis, Viktor},
journal = {PVLDB},
series = {{VLDB} '26},
volume = {19},
number = {7},
pages = {1469--1483},
doi = {10.14778/3801059.3801063},
url = {https://doi.org/10.14778/3801059.3801063},
year = {2026}
}
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