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Database Entry

YDB


YDB (Yandex Database) is a distributed NewSQL relational DBMS compatible with Postgres.[05]

Source Code
https://github.com/ydb-platform/ydb[02]
Developer
Country of Origin
RU
Start Year
2014
Former Name
Yandex Database
Project Types
Commercial, Open Source
Written in
C++
Compatible With
DynamoDB, PostgreSQL
Operating Systems
Hosted, Linux, macOS
License
Apache v2

Database Entry

YDB


YDB (Yandex Database) is a distributed NewSQL relational DBMS compatible with Postgres.[05]

History[06]


The first commit in YDB's internal repository at Yandex was created in 2014. Yandex released the source code for YDB in 2022.

Data Model


Query Interface[07]


Yandex Database supports both their own variant of SQL (YQL) and a DynamoDB compatible HTTP API.

Storage Architecture


System Architecture


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