Database Internals: A Deep Dive into How Distributed Data Systems Work (Greyscale Indian Edition) Paperback – 3 October 2019

If you're looking for a not-too-deep introduction to distributed databases and plan to use it as a jumping off point for digging deep into the topics mentioned here, this is an excellent book.

I was looking for a book on internals of distributed databases , This one describes algorithms ranging from traditional BTrees to Modern Log Search Merge algorithms that's been used in distributed nosql databases. It's for Advanced users who has fair understanding of nosql stores.

* goes quite in-depth; I took what I wanted* types of database systems - HTAP was interesting to read about* compares row- and column-store databases* B-Tree, LSM, Skiplist, Hybrid Gossip protocol are some things that are discussed in detail

I would like to express my utter disappointment and frustration with the abysmal quality of the book I recently purchased from this publisher. To call it a "book" would be generous—it's more like a hastily glued stack of paper masquerading as one. Within ten days of purchase, the binding began to unravel. The pages, thin as tissue paper, creased at the slightest touch and practically demand to tear apart if you even think about turning them. It’s clear this publisher has cut every possible corner, choosing to gouge customers while providing a product that looks like it was assembled by amateurs who couldn't care less about craftsmanship or pride in their work. If you're looking for a book that will literally fall apart in your hands before you've even finished reading it, by all means, waste your money here. But if you value quality and expect a publisher to uphold even the bare minimum standards of their profession, steer clear of this embarrassing excuse for a publishing house.

This book is NOT for anyone who would like to start from the basics and learn the database internals or distributed system concepts to a reasonable extent.The author has attempted to cover too much and only managed to give short summaries of complex concepts which is impossible for any 'beginner' level reader to understand.The author does NOT seem to know about the art of teaching-- A good author would start with a minimum number of simple definitions, concepts and then subsequently build on them to form and explain complex ones.Any well written book (clearly NOT this book) will take the reader on a journey from the basics in earlier chapters to complex concepts in later chapters.This helps the reader to easily remember the concepts and gives a satisfaction of having acquired important knowledge.This book totally fails to do this.The book is littered with references to other books and scientific papersThis implies that nothing is covered in depth in this "deep dive" book and reader has to follow the references to know more.Because I could not understand much of this book, i could not enjoy reading it and I had to force myself to read every chapter just because of the money i spent to buy this book.This was a stressful read for me with very little gains in knowledge.I would rather read a 1000+ page, well written book than this to understand database internals and distributed systems.

I'm disappointed by the degraded page quality by Shroff Publication. Looks like it started happening from this year (2024). All their books have slight bluish tint and horrible chemical smell.If anyone is reading this review, I would recommend to buy international edition.

As someone who academically studies computer science, this book has been a very poor read at best, and misleading at worst.The author seems to “jump” through one concept to another without developing on a single concept in detail. For complex topics like consistency, for example, the author just jumps across various consistency models, never explaining what either a consistency model is nor carring to elucidate on the model itself. Not one good example, let alone theoretical depth.It’s like someone read a dictionary of cool words and put them together. I study these systems in depth academically and found many misleading examples and explanations.Don’t waste your time and money here. Buy a book from a professor who actually teaches.

Book fell apart first day first chapter. The more I read ahead the more the previous pages start to disintegrate.It would’ve been better if the publisher just gave you the loose leaf collection of pages and told you to bind it yourself.The contents of the book is good but the more you progress ahead the more the previous pages of the book disintegrates. Like a perverse database that erases previous rows when you insert a new row into it