The author of SlateDB, Chris Riccomini, is an angel investor in TigerBeetle.
However, TB here is also providing a Replicated State Machine with consensus and strict serializability, in front of object storage, to provide remote object storage capacity and recovery, but with local NVMe latency and without sacrificing consistency or durability.
TB navigates the entire design space, specializing for both hot and cold (transactional) data.
The more you zoom, it’s a stronger set of guarantees in terms of safety and performance.
However, TB here is also providing a Replicated State Machine with consensus and strict serializability, in front of object storage, to provide remote object storage capacity and recovery, but with local NVMe latency and without sacrificing consistency or durability.
TB navigates the entire design space, specializing for both hot and cold (transactional) data.
The more you zoom, it’s a stronger set of guarantees in terms of safety and performance.