An organized collection of data, typically optimized to support receiving or querying certain information efficiently.

Example

Any kind of key value store (e.g., etcd in Kubernetes, or kvs the “key value store” in Flux) that can store some component of state for a cluster, resource, or application.

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Suggested Citation:

Converged Computing Authors. "Database." Converged Computing Community Space 21 May 2025, https://converged-computing.org/docs/database/ (accessed 21 May 25). [doi]