Unlocking the Potential of CXL for Disaggregated Memory in Cloud-Native Databases
Xinjun Yang, Yingqiang Zhang, Hao Chen, Feifei Li, Gerry Fan, Yang Kong, Bo Wang, Jing Fang, Yuhui Wang, Tao Huang, Wenpu Hu, Jim Kao, Jianping Jiang · 2025
Memory disaggregation has become a major trend in cloud-native databases. However, most existing memory disaggregation solutions suffer from read/write amplification, limited bandwidth, inefficient recovery, and challenges in data sharing. Fortunately, the emerging CXL technology introduces new opportunities for memory disaggregation design in cloud-native databases.