--- title: Server bootstrap optimization using RocksDB | daily.dev description: Learn how Flipkart optimized the server bootstrap time for its search infrastructure by using RocksDB, reducing the time from 30-40 minutes to 6 minutes. Redis... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/server-bootstrap-optimization-using-rocksdb-fpacq2t4p twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Server bootstrap optimization using RocksDB | daily.dev og:description: Learn how Flipkart optimized the server bootstrap time for its search infrastructure by using RocksDB, reducing the time from 30-40 minutes to 6 minutes. Redis... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/server-bootstrap-optimization-using-rocksdb-fpacq2t4p og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Fpacq2t4p.png og:image:alt: Server bootstrap optimization using RocksDB og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Server bootstrap optimization using RocksDB **[Flipkart Tech](https://daily.dev/sources/flipkart)** · 12 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Learn how Flipkart optimized the server bootstrap time for its search infrastructure by using RocksDB, reducing the time from 30-40 minutes to 6 minutes. Redis was causing a bottleneck in the process, and by using RocksDB as an embedded database, data could be stored locally and accessed more efficiently. The article also discusses the challenges faced and optimizations implemented to further improve performance. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#cicd](https://daily.dev/tags/cicd), [#redis](https://daily.dev/tags/redis) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/server-bootstrap-optimization-using-rocksdb-fpacq2t4p) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Server bootstrap optimization using RocksDB","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/server-bootstrap-optimization-using-rocksdb-fpacq2t4p","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/server-bootstrap-optimization-using-rocksdb-fpacq2t4p"},"datePublished":"2024-05-15T09:35:51.263Z","dateModified":"2024-05-15T09:35:49.375Z","description":"Learn how Flipkart optimized the server bootstrap time for its search infrastructure by using RocksDB, reducing the time from 30-40 minutes to 6 minutes. Redis...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/3a1ef14839698b6d307dd80c1ad90566?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/3a1ef14839698b6d307dd80c1ad90566?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Flipkart Tech","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Flipkart Tech","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/37f0fa00abf44cfc963bf3f3fd888b7e","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/flipkart"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/server-bootstrap-optimization-using-rocksdb-fpacq2t4p","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"cicd,redis","timeRequired":"PT12M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Flipkart Tech","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/flipkart"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Server bootstrap optimization using RocksDB"}]} ```