Millions of Tiny Databases

This course aims to teach learners about the design and implementation of Physalia, a transactional key-value store optimized for large-scale cloud control planes. The course covers the constraints of the CAP theorem, the importance of high availability, durability, scalability, and strong consistency in distributed systems. By the end of the course, students will understand how Physalia offers high availability and strong consistency to millions of clients by focusing on keys known to each client. The teaching method involves a presentation by experts from Amazon Web Services. This course is intended for individuals interested in distributed systems, cloud computing, control planes, configuration management, and service discovery.