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XLL: Cross-Layer Logging for Data Deduplication in Consensus-Based Storage

Talkat NSDI '26 · 2026-05-04..05-06· [distributed-systems, databases]
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A shared append-only log called XLL replaces separate consensus and KV write-ahead logs and stores values once while the KV LSM keeps only locators; integrated into TiKV XL this yields a 5.5x increase in write throughput on write-heavy YCSB workloads and a 73% reduction in write amplification versus baseline TiKV, preserves read performance, and recovers state via a two-phase log replay that rebuilds lost memtable updates.

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  1. 0:00Introduction
  2. 1:23Multi-layer write amplification
  3. 4:51Key-value separation systems
  4. 6:16Design challenges in XLL
  5. 8:43Efficient read algorithm
  6. 9:04Crash recovery in XLL
  7. 10:49Evaluation setup
  8. 11:32End-to-end latency results
  9. 12:35Write amplification comparison
  10. 13:41YCSB performance analysis
  11. 14:21Conclusion
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