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2025-03-27
~2 min
Key design tip: reverse number scanning in ordered key-value stores
A key design trick for ordered key-value stores like HBase, FoundationDB, and RocksDB: reverse a number by subtracting it from its max value so a forward scan finds the highest one first.
2024-04-22
~3 min
Redwood’s memory tuning in FoundationDB
Learn how to tune FoundationDB for Redwood storage Engine
2020-02-14
~7 min
Contributing to Apache HBase: custom data balancing
In today’s blogpost, we’re going to take a look at our upstream contribution to Apache HBase’s stochastic load balancer, based on our experience of running HBase clusters to support OVHcloud’s monitoring.
2019-11-17
~4 min
Diving into Hbase's MemStore
A code-level dive into HBase's MemStore, from the ConcurrentSkipListMap backing HBase 1.x to the in-memory compactions Accordion introduced in HBase 2.0.
2017-10-08
~8 min
Engage maximum warp speed in time series analysis with WarpScript
An introduction to WarpScript, the stack-oriented language behind the Warp10 time series platform we ran at OVH's Metrics Data Platform to store and analyze sensor data.
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© 2026 Pierre Zemb · last rev. 2026-08-14
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