Illustration of a B-Tree node being duplicated for a snapshot.

Implementing Copy-on-Write B-Trees: Engineering Durable Database Snapshots and Point-in-Time Recovery Architecture

This post walks through the engineering of copy‑on‑write B‑trees for fast, crash‑consistent snapshots and PITR, highlighting architecture, implementation details, and real‑world trade‑offs.

May 24, 2026 · 9 min · 1757 words · martinuke0
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