Tidesdb Vs. Rocksdb: Which Storage Engine Is Faster?
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The RocksDB advantage with large value is not really relevant from my point of view, since storing large values (blobs) in a database has turned out to be an anti-pattern since the nineties. I wouldn't give it a second thought.