Benchmarks, engineering deep-dives, and updates from the TidesDB team.https://tidesdb.com/en-ushttps://tidesdb.com/articles/tidesdb-now-available-for-mysql/https://tidesdb.com/articles/tidesdb-now-available-for-mysql/TidesDB becomes available under project TideSQL for MySQL.Mon, 05 Oct 2026 03:39:34 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-hammerdb-tpc-c-tidesql-v5-1-0-innodb-mariadb-v11-4-13/https://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-hammerdb-tpc-c-tidesql-v5-1-0-innodb-mariadb-v11-4-13/Large server VU sweep on 3000 warehouses using HammerDB 6 on MariaDB v11.4.13 with engines InnoDB and TideSQL (TidesDB).Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:50:58 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/tidesql-5-arrives-in-mariadb/https://tidesdb.com/articles/tidesql-5-arrives-in-mariadb/TideSQL 5.0.0 arrives as a MariaDB storage engine. A sysbench run on MariaDB 13.1.0 sees it beat InnoDB on nine of ten OLTP workloads, from 4x to 60x.Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:53:20 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/keybench-analysis-tidesdb-10-0-0-rocksdb-11-8-1/https://tidesdb.com/articles/keybench-analysis-tidesdb-10-0-0-rocksdb-11-8-1/A five workload comparison of TidesDB v10.0.0 and RocksDB v11.8.1 using keybench, at 10 GiB per workload on two machines, a small server on SATA and a large server on NVMe, with the seed rates, write amplification and variance numbers and the caveats that come with them.Thu, 03 Sep 2026 11:23:18 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/hammerdb-tpc-c-tidesql-v4-6-1-innodb-mariadb-v11-8-6/https://tidesdb.com/articles/hammerdb-tpc-c-tidesql-v4-6-1-innodb-mariadb-v11-8-6/Benchmark analysis comparing TideSQL v4.6.1 utilizing HammerDB 6 TPROC-C.Sun, 12 Jul 2026 21:19:35 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/retrieval-augmented-generation-on-tidesql-fts-vector-ttl/https://tidesdb.com/articles/retrieval-augmented-generation-on-tidesql-fts-vector-ttl/Build the retrieval layer of a RAG pipeline on a single TideSQL table using a FULLTEXT index, a MariaDB VECTOR index, and TTL row expiry, with a runnable Python example.Sun, 12 Jul 2026 21:19:35 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/sysbench-rw-tidesdb-v9-3-11-tidesql-v4-5-9-rocksdb-myrocks-in-mariadb-v11-8-6/https://tidesdb.com/articles/sysbench-rw-tidesdb-v9-3-11-tidesql-v4-5-9-rocksdb-myrocks-in-mariadb-v11-8-6/sysbench limited configuration, zipfian analysis on TidesDB v9.3.11, TideSQL v4.5.9 and RocksDB in MariaDB v11.8.6Wed, 08 Jul 2026 19:37:35 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/ttl-time-to-live-using-tidesql-in-mariadb/https://tidesdb.com/articles/ttl-time-to-live-using-tidesql-in-mariadb/TTL, what is it? how to use it, in MariaDB using TidesDB's TideSQL plugin engine.Wed, 17 Jun 2026 06:51:43 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/configuring-tidesql-in-mariadb/https://tidesdb.com/articles/configuring-tidesql-in-mariadb/Configure the TidesDB storage engine (TideSQL) in MariaDB, from sync modes and memory to compaction and per-table options, with side-by-side InnoDB comparisons.Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:07:10 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/build-comparison-tidesdb-v9-3-6-rocksdb-v11-1-1/https://tidesdb.com/articles/build-comparison-tidesdb-v9-3-6-rocksdb-v11-1-1/Timing the core library build for TidesDB v9.3.6 and RocksDB v11.1.1 on the same machine, with notes on method, fairness, and the usual caveats.Fri, 12 Jun 2026 01:42:07 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/sysbench-analysis-on-tidesql-v4-5-6-innodb-in-mariadb-v11-8-6-small-buffer-cache/https://tidesdb.com/articles/sysbench-analysis-on-tidesql-v4-5-6-innodb-in-mariadb-v11-8-6-small-buffer-cache/sysbench small cache/buffer, many tables analysis on TideSQL v4.5.6 & InnoDB in MariaDB v11.8.6Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:33:23 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/keybench-analysis-tidesdb-v9-3-6-rocksdb-v11-1-1/https://tidesdb.com/articles/keybench-analysis-tidesdb-v9-3-6-rocksdb-v11-1-1/A first look at Keybench, a scriptable benchmark for sorted key value stores, with a four workload comparison of TidesDB v9.3.6 and RocksDB v11.1.1 on a modest SATA SSD and jemalloc.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:10:15 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/tidesql-v4-5-5-innodb-fts-spatial-and-large-value-analysis-in-mariadb-v11-8-6/https://tidesdb.com/articles/tidesql-v4-5-5-innodb-fts-spatial-and-large-value-analysis-in-mariadb-v11-8-6/Most don't know but TideSQL has geo-spatial and full-text search support thus in today's analysis I used exfbench (extra functionality (exf)) to run those features through a benchmark with an…Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:33:33 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/hammerdb-tpc-c-analysis-tidesdb-v9-3-3-tidesql-v4-5-4-innodb-mariadb-v11-8-6/https://tidesdb.com/articles/hammerdb-tpc-c-analysis-tidesdb-v9-3-3-tidesql-v4-5-4-innodb-mariadb-v11-8-6/Benchmark analysis comparing TideSQL v4.5.4 and InnoDB in MariaDB v11.8.6 running HammerDB TPROC-C with jemalloc.Wed, 03 Jun 2026 05:00:30 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/iibench-tidesql-v4-5-1-myrocks-innodb-mariadb-v11-8-6-analysis/https://tidesdb.com/articles/iibench-tidesql-v4-5-1-myrocks-innodb-mariadb-v11-8-6-analysis/iibench(index-insertion) benchmark on TideSQL v4.5.1 MyRocks, InnoDB in MariaDB v11.8.6Mon, 18 May 2026 19:19:02 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/consumer-tpc-c-analysis-tidesql-v4-5-0-myrocks-mariadb-v11-8-6/https://tidesdb.com/articles/consumer-tpc-c-analysis-tidesql-v4-5-0-myrocks-mariadb-v11-8-6/Benchmark analysis on a consumer custom high-end desktop environment running TideSQL, MyRocks and InnoDB in MariaDB 11.8.6 running TPC-C (TPROC-C) with HammerDBSat, 16 May 2026 22:27:46 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesdb-v9-2-1-rocksdb-v11-1-1/https://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesdb-v9-2-1-rocksdb-v11-1-1/Extensive benchmark analysis on TidesDB v9.2.1 and RocksDB v11.1.1 across multiple workloads on dedicated server.Fri, 15 May 2026 02:28:20 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesql-v4-3-0-mariadb-v11-8-6-tpc-c-pgo-jemalloc/https://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesql-v4-3-0-mariadb-v11-8-6-tpc-c-pgo-jemalloc/Benchmark analysis comparing TideSQL v4.3.0 to v4.2.6 in MariaDB v11.8.6 running HammerDB TPROC-C with jemalloc and PGO.Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:57:57 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/pgo-build-tpc-c-analysis-mariadb-v11-8-6-tidesql/https://tidesdb.com/articles/pgo-build-tpc-c-analysis-mariadb-v11-8-6-tidesql/PGO build TPC-C analysis for MariaDB v11.8.6 with TideSQL.Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:35:27 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/tpcc-analysis-jemalloc-mimalloc-tcmalloc-tidesql-and-innodb-in-mariadb-v11-8-6/https://tidesdb.com/articles/tpcc-analysis-jemalloc-mimalloc-tcmalloc-tidesql-and-innodb-in-mariadb-v11-8-6/TPC-C analysis with glibc, jemalloc, mimalloc, tcmalloc on TideSQL & InnoDB in MariaDB v11.8.6Wed, 22 Apr 2026 22:10:43 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/mariadb-11-8-6-innodb-and-tidesql-v4-2-4-tpc-c-benchmark-analysis/https://tidesdb.com/articles/mariadb-11-8-6-innodb-and-tidesql-v4-2-4-tpc-c-benchmark-analysis/Analysis on small cache/buffer and large cache/buffer configurations storage engine performance comparison in MariaDB 11.8.6 InnoDB and TidesDB (TideSQL v4.2.4) TPC-C benchmarks.Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:37:00 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/deploying-tidesql-on-kubernetes-with-s3-object-store-cloud-native-mariadb-aws/https://tidesdb.com/articles/deploying-tidesql-on-kubernetes-with-s3-object-store-cloud-native-mariadb-aws/Primary/replica cluster with automatic failover on EKS using S3-backed storage running MariaDB+TidesDB (TideSQL) on AWSSat, 04 Apr 2026 01:01:44 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/deploying-tidesb-and-mariadb-on-ubuntu-ec2/https://tidesdb.com/articles/deploying-tidesb-and-mariadb-on-ubuntu-ec2/Video and notes on Deploying TideSQL (TidesDB+MariaDB) on AWS EC2Fri, 03 Apr 2026 01:23:18 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/tidesql-v4-2-0-tidesdb-v9-0-2-mariadb-11-8-6-tpcc-benchmark-analysis/https://tidesdb.com/articles/tidesql-v4-2-0-tidesdb-v9-0-2-mariadb-11-8-6-tpcc-benchmark-analysis/The latest patch of TidesDB brings a few performance improvements thus I thought a new benchmark analysis article was warranted. The specs for the environment are - Intel Core i7-11700K (8 cores, 16…Thu, 02 Apr 2026 07:26:10 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/tidesql-v4-2-0-fts-vector-spatial-cloud-native-capabilities/https://tidesdb.com/articles/tidesql-v4-2-0-fts-vector-spatial-cloud-native-capabilities/An article detailing the new features and fixes in TideSQL 4.2.0 MINOR release.Tue, 31 Mar 2026 03:57:23 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesdb-9-rocksdb-innodb-mariadb-11-8-tpc-c-hammerdb/https://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesdb-9-rocksdb-innodb-mariadb-11-8-tpc-c-hammerdb/Extensive benchmark analysis on TidesDB 9 (TideSQL 4.1), MyRocks, InnoDB in MariaDB 11.8.6 running HammerDB TPROC-C.Fri, 27 Mar 2026 05:09:49 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/tidesql-myrocks-mariadb-11-8-6-tpc-c-analysis/https://tidesdb.com/articles/tidesql-myrocks-mariadb-11-8-6-tpc-c-analysis/Extensive benchmark analysis on LSM Tree storage engines in MariaDB 11.8.6 with TidesDB (TideSQL) & RocksDB (MyRocks) across multiple workloads.Sat, 21 Mar 2026 17:37:54 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/tidesql-myrocks-mariadb-12-2-2-sysbench-analysis/https://tidesdb.com/articles/tidesql-myrocks-mariadb-12-2-2-sysbench-analysis/Extensive benchmark analysis on LSM Tree storage engines in MariaDB 12.2.2 with TidesDB (TideSQL) & RocksDB (MyRocks) across multiple workloads.Sat, 21 Mar 2026 07:17:05 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesdb-v8-9-0-rocksdb-v11-0-3/https://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesdb-v8-9-0-rocksdb-v11-0-3/Extensive benchmark analysis on TidesDB v8.9.0 and RocksDB v11.0.3 across multiple workloads.Mon, 16 Mar 2026 18:22:06 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesdb-v8-7-1-rocksdb-11-0-3/https://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesdb-v8-7-1-rocksdb-11-0-3/Extensive benchmark analysis on TidesDB v8.7.1 and RocksDB v11.0.3 across multiple workloads.Mon, 09 Mar 2026 21:10:49 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesql-v3-3-5-innodb-in-mariadb-v12-2-2-mysql-v9-5-0/https://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesql-v3-3-5-innodb-in-mariadb-v12-2-2-mysql-v9-5-0/Benchmark analysis comparing TidesDB (TideSQL v3.3.5) and InnoDB in MariaDB v12.2.2 and InnoDB in MySQL v9.5.0Fri, 27 Feb 2026 21:59:17 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesdb-v8-6-0-rocksdb-v10-10-1/https://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesdb-v8-6-0-rocksdb-v10-10-1/Extensive benchmark analysis on TidesDB v8.6.0 and RocksDB v10.10.1 across multiple workloads and servers.Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:37:24 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesql-v3-1-0-innodb-mariadb-12-2-2/https://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesql-v3-1-0-innodb-mariadb-12-2-2/Benchmark analysis comparing TidesDB (TideSQL v3.1.0) and InnoDB in MariaDB v12.2.2Mon, 16 Feb 2026 22:51:58 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesdb-v8-5-0-rocksdb-v10-10-1/https://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesdb-v8-5-0-rocksdb-v10-10-1/Extensive benchmark analysis on TidesDB v8.5.0 and RocksDB v10.10.1 across multiple workloads on a dedicated optimized server.Mon, 16 Feb 2026 07:03:43 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesdb-v8-4-0-rocksdb-v10-10-1/https://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesdb-v8-4-0-rocksdb-v10-10-1/Extensive benchmark analysis on TidesDB v8.4.0 and RocksDB v10.10.1 across multiple workloads on a dedicated optimized server.Sun, 15 Feb 2026 19:25:30 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesdb-v8-3-2-rocksdb-v10-10-1/https://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesdb-v8-3-2-rocksdb-v10-10-1/Extensive benchmark analysis on TidesDB v8.3.2 and RocksDB v10.10.1 across multiple workloads on a dedicated optimized server.Thu, 12 Feb 2026 20:38:05 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/new-benchmark-environment/https://tidesdb.com/articles/new-benchmark-environment/Article on TidesDB new benchmark environmentThu, 12 Feb 2026 07:51:50 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/tidesql-3-innodb-mariadb-12-1-2/https://tidesdb.com/articles/tidesql-3-innodb-mariadb-12-1-2/Deep benchmark analysis on TideSQL 3 (TidesDB Plugin) and InnoDB within MariaDB 12.1.2 across multiple OLTP workloadsThu, 12 Feb 2026 01:48:15 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesdb-v8-2-4-rocksdb-v10-10-1/https://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesdb-v8-2-4-rocksdb-v10-10-1/Deep benchmark analysis on TidesDB v8.2.4 and RocksDB v10.10.1 across multiple workloadsTue, 10 Feb 2026 09:19:06 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesdb-v8-2-1-rocksdb-v10-10-1/https://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesdb-v8-2-1-rocksdb-v10-10-1/Deep benchmark analysis on TidesDB v8.2.1 and RocksDB v10.10.1 across multiple workloadsFri, 06 Feb 2026 20:40:03 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/plugging-into-mariadb/https://tidesdb.com/articles/plugging-into-mariadb/The journey of building TideSQL, a pluggable LSM-tree storage engine for MariaDB powered by TidesDB, with sysbench benchmarks against InnoDB and MyRocks.Fri, 06 Feb 2026 01:01:17 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/rocksdb-tidesdb-large-amount-column-families/https://tidesdb.com/articles/rocksdb-tidesdb-large-amount-column-families/Comparisons of large amount of column families with RocksDB and TidesDBThu, 05 Feb 2026 20:56:17 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesdb-v8-1-1-rocksdb-v10-10-1-lmdb-v0-9-24/https://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesdb-v8-1-1-rocksdb-v10-10-1-lmdb-v0-9-24/Benchmark Analysis on TidesDB v8.1.1, RocksDB v10.10.1, and LMDB v0.9.24Wed, 04 Feb 2026 23:03:09 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/tidesql-v1-1-0-and-innodb-in-mariadb-12-1-benchmark-analysis/https://tidesdb.com/articles/tidesql-v1-1-0-and-innodb-in-mariadb-12-1-benchmark-analysis/TideSQL v1.1.0 and InnoDB in MariaDB 12.1 Benchmark AnalysisMon, 02 Feb 2026 06:58:40 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/tidesdb-8-optional-lsmb/https://tidesdb.com/articles/tidesdb-8-optional-lsmb/TidesDB 8 introduces optional B+tree-backed KLog indexes for improved read performance.Mon, 02 Feb 2026 01:01:21 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesql-v1-0-0-innodb-in-mariadb-v12-1-2/https://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesql-v1-0-0-innodb-in-mariadb-v12-1-2/Benchmark analysis comparing TidesDB (TideSQL v1.0.0) and InnoDB in MariaDB v12.1.2Sun, 01 Feb 2026 08:54:27 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesdb-v7-4-4-rocksdb-v10-9-1/https://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesdb-v7-4-4-rocksdb-v10-9-1/Performance benchmarks comparing TidesDB v7.4.4 and RocksDB v10.9.1 on write, read, and mixed workloads with default glibc allocator on Linux.Sun, 01 Feb 2026 04:54:27 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesdb-v7-4-3-rocksdb-v10-9-1/https://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesdb-v7-4-3-rocksdb-v10-9-1/Performance benchmarks comparing TidesDB v7.4.3 and RocksDB v10.9.1 on write, read, and mixed workloads with default glibc allocator on Linux.Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:49:53 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/tidesdb-vs-innodb-within-mariadb/https://tidesdb.com/articles/tidesdb-vs-innodb-within-mariadb/Observations from custom benchmarks and Sysbench OLTP workloads comparing TidesDB 7 and InnoDBThu, 29 Jan 2026 04:56:05 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/tidesdb-differences-with-glibc-mimalloc-tcmalloc/https://tidesdb.com/articles/tidesdb-differences-with-glibc-mimalloc-tcmalloc/An article on differences running TidesDB with glibc, mimalloc, tcmallocWed, 28 Jan 2026 16:34:19 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/building-reliable-and-safe-systems/https://tidesdb.com/articles/building-reliable-and-safe-systems/How TidesDB's testing infrastructure ensures correctness across 15+ platforms, 5 architectures, and 8,700+ tests on every commit.Tue, 27 Jan 2026 04:32:32 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/tidesdb-kafka-streams-plugin/https://tidesdb.com/articles/tidesdb-kafka-streams-plugin/Introducing the TidesDB Kafka Streams plugin - a drop-in replacement for RocksDB that delivers better throughput, lower latency, and reduced storage footprint.Tue, 27 Jan 2026 03:59:55 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/tidesdb-and-rocksdb-on-nvme-and-ssd/https://tidesdb.com/articles/tidesdb-and-rocksdb-on-nvme-and-ssd/TidesDB & RocksDB benchtool results on NVMe and SSD.Mon, 26 Jan 2026 23:27:29 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesdb-v7-4-0-mimalloc-rocksdb-v10-9-1-jemalloc/https://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesdb-v7-4-0-mimalloc-rocksdb-v10-9-1-jemalloc/Performance benchmarks comparing TidesDB v7.4.0 and RocksDB v10.9.1 on write, read, and mixed workloads with mimalloc and jemalloc allocators.Mon, 26 Jan 2026 03:57:27 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/tidesql-a-write-and-space-optimized-mysql-fork/https://tidesdb.com/articles/tidesql-a-write-and-space-optimized-mysql-fork/TideSQL is a MySQL fork using TidesDB as its default storage engine, providing LSM-tree based storage with excellent write performance and space efficiency.Sun, 25 Jan 2026 04:38:43 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/tidesdb-7-3-1-vs-rocksdb-10-9-1-benchmark/https://tidesdb.com/articles/tidesdb-7-3-1-vs-rocksdb-10-9-1-benchmark/In-depth performance benchmark comparing TidesDB v7.3.1 and RocksDB v10.9.1 across real-world workloads, measuring throughput, latency, and efficiency.Wed, 21 Jan 2026 16:31:01 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesdb-v7-3-0-rocksdb-v10-9-1/https://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesdb-v7-3-0-rocksdb-v10-9-1/Comprehensive performance benchmarks comparing TidesDB v7.3.0 and RocksDB v10.9.1.Mon, 19 Jan 2026 10:28:14 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/from-building-houses-to-storage-engines/https://tidesdb.com/articles/from-building-houses-to-storage-engines/The journey of how TidesDB came to be.Fri, 16 Jan 2026 07:26:58 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesdb-v7-2-3-rocksdb-v10-9-1/https://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesdb-v7-2-3-rocksdb-v10-9-1/Comprehensive performance benchmarks comparing TidesDB v7.2.3 and RocksDB v10.9.1.Fri, 16 Jan 2026 03:05:25 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/tidesdb-722-rocksdb-1091-latency-analysis/https://tidesdb.com/articles/tidesdb-722-rocksdb-1091-latency-analysis/Analysis of TidesDB v7.2.2 vs RocksDB v10.9.1 LatencyTue, 13 Jan 2026 10:35:49 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/analysis-tidesdb721-rocksdb1091/https://tidesdb.com/articles/analysis-tidesdb721-rocksdb1091/Examining the performance of TidesDB 7.2.1 vs RocksDB 10.9.1Mon, 12 Jan 2026 02:40:53 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/administering-tidesdb-with-admintool/https://tidesdb.com/articles/administering-tidesdb-with-admintool/A guide to administering TidesDB with AdmintoolSun, 11 Jan 2026 03:34:59 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesdb-v7-1-1-rocksdb-10-9-1/https://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesdb-v7-1-1-rocksdb-10-9-1/Comprehensive performance benchmarks comparing TidesDB v7.1.1 and RocksDB v10.9.1 with sync disabled for maximum throughput.Sat, 10 Jan 2026 12:21:42 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/why-bench-on-modest-hardware/https://tidesdb.com/articles/why-bench-on-modest-hardware/Learn why TidesDB benchmarks on consumer-grade hardware instead of high-end systems, and how our lock-free architecture scales linearly with better CPUs and storage.Fri, 09 Jan 2026 19:24:36 GMTAlex Gaetano Padulahttps://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesdb-v7-1-0-rocksdb-v10-7-5-full-sync/https://tidesdb.com/articles/benchmark-analysis-tidesdb-v7-1-0-rocksdb-v10-7-5-full-sync/Comprehensive performance benchmarks comparing TidesDB v7.1.0 and RocksDB v10.7.5 with durable writes enabled.Fri, 09 Jan 2026 04:33:39 GMTAlex Gaetano 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