From 6714fcb0f7e1de28ea6f323bd106850f101d4cbb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Siyuan Han <47173566+hsyodyssey@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2023 14:24:03 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] [website]: fix typo in database section (#27024) * [website]: fix typo * Update docs/fundamentals/databases.md --------- Co-authored-by: Martin Holst Swende --- docs/fundamentals/databases.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/fundamentals/databases.md b/docs/fundamentals/databases.md index 8861348576..5146252b1e 100644 --- a/docs/fundamentals/databases.md +++ b/docs/fundamentals/databases.md @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Geth also tracks several performance metrics for the LevelDB database that can b ## Freezer/ancients -Older segments of the chain are moved out of the fast LevelDB database and into a freezer database the is less performant. Nodes rarely need to access these files so IO speed is less important and the bulk of the chain data can be stored on a cheaper HDD. Once blocks pass some threshold age (90,000 blocks behind the head by default) the block and receipt data is flattened and saved as a raw binary blob of data along with an index entry file used for identification. +Older segments of the chain are moved out of the LevelDB database and into a freezer database. Nodes rarely need to access these files so IO speed is less important and the bulk of the chain data can be stored on a cheaper HDD. Once blocks pass some threshold age (90,000 blocks behind the head by default) the block and receipt data is flattened and saved as a raw binary blob of data along with an index entry file used for identification. Geth also tracks some basic metrics relating to the ancients database that can be monitored: