# Beyond Inline Values: Evolving Strata's Storage Engine

DevFeed: [Beyond Inline Values: Evolving Strata's Storage Engine](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/beyond-inline-values-evolving-strata-s-storage-engine-39413.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://n8z.dev/posts/beyond-inline-values/>)

Author: Nevin Zheng

Published: 2026-06-03T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [nevzheng](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/nevzheng.md>)

Topics: [Rust](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rust.md>), [abstraction](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/abstraction.md>), [SQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sql.md>), [olap](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/olap.md>)

Tags: [abstraction](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/abstraction.md>), [block](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/block.md>), [bootstrapping](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bootstrapping.md>), [layout](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/layout.md>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/migration.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [repo](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/repo.md>), [rust](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rust.md>), [sql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sql.md>), [storage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/storage.md>), [storage-engine](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/storage-engine.md>), [write-amplification](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/write-amplification.md>)

## AI overview

This architectural decision record proposes replacing Strata's inline value storage with a block-based abstraction. It describes the current Rust LSM storage engine and SQL layer, identifies flexibility and I/O amplification problems, compares options, and records the proposed direction.

## Source excerpt

An architectural decision record: why Strata is moving from inline values to block-based storage.