Database Internals

Database Internals by Alex Petrov offers a comprehensive technical exploration of modern database systems, detailing their inner workings from storage engines and indexing to transaction management and distributed architectures. This book provides engineers, architects, and database professionals with a thorough understanding of how databases operate at scale.
Why You Should Read?
Understand core database components such as storage formats, indexing, and concurrency control.
Explore distributed systems concepts including replication, sharding, and consensus algorithms.
Gain insights into database performance, scalability, and fault tolerance for practical application.