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storage. It also supports consistent recovery using a new checkpointing technique that lets
applications trade-off performance for commit latency.

What differentiates FASTER from a technical perspective are (1) its latch-free cache-optimized index;
What differentiates FASTER from a technical perspective are :
(1) its latch-free cache-optimized index.
(2) its unique “hybrid record log” design that combines a traditional persistent append-only log with
in-place updates, to shape the memory working set and retain performance; (3) its architecture as a
component that can be embedded in multi-threaded cloud apps; and (4) its asynchronous recovery model
in-place updates, to shape the memory working set and retain performance.
(3) its architecture as a component that can be embedded in multi-threaded cloud apps.
(4) its asynchronous recovery model
based on group commit.

For standard benchmarks where the working set fits in main memory, we found FASTER to achieve
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# Getting Started

Go to [our website](http://aka.ms/FASTER) for more details and papers.
Visit [our website](http://aka.ms/FASTER) for more details and papers.

# Build and Test

For C#, see [here](https://github.com/Microsoft/FASTER/tree/master/cs).
For C#, click [here](https://github.com/Microsoft/FASTER/tree/master/cs).

For C++, see [here](https://github.com/Microsoft/FASTER/tree/master/cc).
For C++, click [here](https://github.com/Microsoft/FASTER/tree/master/cc).

# Contributing

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