🚀 NoKV – High-Performance Distributed KV Engine

LSM Tree • ValueLog • MVCC • Multi-Raft Regions • Redis-Compatible

NoKV is a Go-native storage engine that mixes RocksDB-style manifest discipline with Badger-inspired value separation. You can embed it locally, drive it via multi-Raft regions, or front it with a Redis protocol gateway—all from a single topology file.

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✨ Feature Highlights

• 🚀 Dual runtime modes – call NoKV.Open inside your process or launch nokv serve for a distributed deployment, no code changes required.
• 🔁 Hybrid LSM + ValueLog – WAL → MemTable → SST pipeline for latency, with a ValueLog to keep large payloads off the hot path.
• ⚡ MVCC-native transactions – snapshot isolation, conflict detection, TTL, and iterators built into the core (no external locks).
• 🧠 Multi-Raft regions – raftstore manages per-region raft groups, WAL/manifest pointers, and tick-driven leader elections.
• 🛰️ Redis gateway – cmd/nokv-redis exposes RESP commands (SET/GET/MGET/NX/XX/TTL/INCR...) on top of raft-backed storage.
• 🔍 Observability first – nokv stats, expvar endpoints, hot key tracking, RECOVERY/TRANSPORT metrics, and ready-to-use recovery scripts.
• 🧰 Single-source config – raft_config.json feeds local scripts, Docker Compose, Redis gateway, and CI so there’s zero drift.

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🚦 Quick Start

Start an end-to-end playground with either the local script or Docker Compose. Both spin up a three-node Raft cluster (plus the optional TSO) and expose the Redis-compatible gateway.

# Option A: local processes
./scripts/run_local_cluster.sh --config ./raft_config.example.json
# In another shell: launch the Redis gateway on top of the running cluster
go run ./cmd/nokv-redis --addr 127.0.0.1:6380 --raft-config raft_config.example.json

# Option B: Docker Compose (cluster + gateway + TSO)
docker compose up --build
# Tear down
docker compose down -v

Once the cluster is running you can point any Redis client at 127.0.0.1:6380 (or the address exposed by Compose).

For quick CLI checks:

# Inspect stats from an existing workdir
go run ./cmd/nokv stats --workdir ./artifacts/cluster/store-1

Minimal embedded snippet:

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"log"

	NoKV "github.com/feichai0017/NoKV"
	"github.com/feichai0017/NoKV/utils"
)

func main() {
	opt := NoKV.NewDefaultOptions()
	opt.WorkDir = "./workdir-demo"

	db := NoKV.Open(opt)
	defer db.Close()

	key := []byte("hello")
	if err := db.SetCF(utils.CFDefault, key, []byte("world")); err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("set failed: %v", err)
	}

	entry, err := db.Get(key)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("get failed: %v", err)
	}
	fmt.Printf("value=%s\n", entry.Value)
	entry.DecrRef()
}

ℹ️ run_local_cluster.sh rebuilds nokv, nokv-config, nokv-tso, seeds manifests via nokv-config manifest, and parks logs under artifacts/cluster/store-<id>/server.log. Use Ctrl+C to exit cleanly; if the process crashes, wipe the workdir (rm -rf ./artifacts/cluster) before restarting to avoid WAL replay errors.

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🧭 Topology & Configuration

Everything hangs off a single file: raft_config.example.json.

"stores": [
  { "store_id": 1, "listen_addr": "127.0.0.1:20170", ... },
  { "store_id": 2, "listen_addr": "127.0.0.1:20171", ... },
  { "store_id": 3, "listen_addr": "127.0.0.1:20172", ... }
],
"regions": [
  { "id": 1, "range": [-inf,"m"), peers: 101/201/301, leader: store 1 },
  { "id": 2, "range": ["m",+inf), peers: 102/202/302, leader: store 2 }
]

• Local scripts (run_local_cluster.sh, serve_from_config.sh, bootstrap_from_config.sh) ingest the same JSON, so local runs match production layouts.
• Docker Compose mounts the file into each container; manifests, transports, and Redis gateway all stay in sync.
• Need more stores or regions? Update the JSON and re-run the script/Compose—no code changes required.

🧬 Tech Stack Snapshot

Layer	Tech/Package	Why it matters
Storage Core	lsm/, wal/, vlog/	Hybrid log-structured design with manifest-backed durability and value separation.
Concurrency	mvcc/, txn.go, oracle	Timestamp oracle + lock manager for MVCC transactions and TTL-aware reads.
Replication	raftstore/*	Multi-Raft orchestration (regions, peers, router, schedulers, gRPC transport).
Tooling	cmd/nokv, cmd/nokv-config, cmd/nokv-redis	CLI, config helper, Redis-compatible gateway share the same topology file.
Observability	stats, hotring, expvar	Built-in metrics, hot-key analytics, and crash recovery traces.

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🧱 Architecture Overview

graph TD
    Client[Client API / Txn] -->|Set/Get| DBCore
    DBCore -->|Append| WAL
    DBCore -->|Insert| MemTable
    DBCore -->|ValuePtr| ValueLog
    MemTable -->|Flush Task| FlushMgr
    FlushMgr -->|Build SST| SSTBuilder
    SSTBuilder -->|LogEdit| Manifest
    Manifest -->|Version| LSMLevels
    LSMLevels -->|Compaction| Compactor
    FlushMgr -->|Discard Stats| ValueLog
    ValueLog -->|GC updates| Manifest
    DBCore -->|Stats/HotKeys| Observability

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Key ideas:

• Durability path – WAL first, memtable second. ValueLog writes occur before WAL append so crash replay can fully rebuild state.
• Metadata – manifest stores SST topology, WAL checkpoints, and vlog head/deletion metadata.
• Background workers – flush manager handles Prepare → Build → Install → Release, compaction reduces level overlap, and value log GC rewrites segments based on discard stats.
• Transactions – MVCC timestamps ensure consistent reads; commit reuses the same write pipeline as standalone writes.

Dive deeper in docs/architecture.md.

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🧩 Module Breakdown

Module	Responsibilities	Source	Docs
WAL	Append-only segments with CRC, rotation, replay (wal.Manager).	wal/	WAL internals
LSM	MemTable, flush pipeline, leveled compactions, iterator merging.	lsm/	Memtable Flush pipeline Cache
Manifest	VersionEdit log + CURRENT handling, WAL/vlog checkpoints, Region metadata.	manifest/	Manifest semantics
ValueLog	Large value storage, GC, discard stats integration.	vlog.go, vlog/	Value log design
Transactions	MVCC oracle, managed/unmanaged transactions, iterator snapshots.	txn.go	Transactions & MVCC
RaftStore	Multi-Raft Region management, hooks, metrics, transport.	raftstore/	RaftStore overview
HotRing	Hot key tracking, throttling helpers.	hotring/	HotRing overview
Observability	Periodic stats, hot key tracking, CLI integration.	stats.go, cmd/nokv	Stats & observability CLI reference
Filesystem	mmap-backed file helpers shared by SST/vlog.	file/	File abstractions

Each module has a dedicated document under docs/ describing APIs, diagrams, and recovery notes.

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📡 Observability & CLI

• Stats.StartStats publishes metrics via expvar (flush backlog, WAL segments, value log GC stats, txn counters).
• cmd/nokv gives you:
  • nokv stats --workdir <dir> [--json] [--no-region-metrics]
  • nokv manifest --workdir <dir>
  • nokv regions --workdir <dir> [--json]
  • nokv vlog --workdir <dir>
• hotring continuously surfaces hot keys in stats + CLI so you can pre-warm caches or debug skewed workloads.

More in docs/cli.md and docs/testing.md.

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🔌 Redis Gateway

• cmd/nokv-redis exposes a RESP-compatible endpoint. In embedded mode (--workdir) every command runs inside local MVCC transactions; in distributed mode (--raft-config) calls are routed through raftstore/client and committed with TwoPhaseCommit so NX/XX, TTL, arithmetic and multi-key writes match the single-node semantics.
• TTL metadata is stored under !redis:ttl!<key> and is automatically cleaned up when reads detect expiration.
• --metrics-addr publishes NoKV.Redis statistics via expvar and --tso-url can point to an external TSO service (otherwise a local oracle is used).
• A ready-to-use cluster configuration is available at cmd/nokv-redis/raft_config.example.json, matching both scripts/run_local_cluster.sh and the Docker Compose setup.

For the complete command matrix, configuration and deployment guides, see docs/nokv-redis.md.

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📚 Documentation

Topic	Document
Architecture deep dive	docs/architecture.md
WAL internals	docs/wal.md
Flush pipeline	docs/flush.md
Memtable lifecycle	docs/memtable.md
Transactions & MVCC	docs/txn.md
Manifest semantics	docs/manifest.md
ValueLog manager	docs/vlog.md
Cache & bloom filters	docs/cache.md
Hot key analytics	docs/hotring.md
Stats & observability	docs/stats.md
File abstractions	docs/file.md
Crash recovery playbook	docs/recovery.md
Testing matrix	docs/testing.md
CLI reference	docs/cli.md
RaftStore overview	docs/raftstore.md
Redis gateway	docs/nokv-redis.md

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📄 License

Apache-2.0. See LICENSE.