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rust storage engine
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Discussions on WindowsForum.com about the Rust storage engine focus on Microsoft's Azure HorizonDB, a cloud-native, scale-out PostgreSQL service that uses a storage engine partly written in Rust. The engine supports disaggregated storage, native vector search via DiskANN, and is designed for mission-critical OLTP and AI workloads on Azure. Topics include the architectural shift to shared-storage models, performance implications of Rust in database engines, and integration with PostgreSQL for enterprise and AI applications.
Microsoft’s preview of Azure HorizonDB signals a deliberate push to make PostgreSQL the anchor of large, cloud‑native and AI‑driven workloads on Azure, blending a scale‑out, disaggregated storage model with native vector search and an engine partly written in Rust.
Background
Azure has offered...