# Deep dive into Neon storage engine

DevFeed: [Deep dive into Neon storage engine](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/deep-dive-into-neon-storage-engine-5310.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://neon.com/blog/get-page-at-lsn>)

Author: Heikki Linnakangas

Published: 2023-03-30T12:44:57Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Blog -- Neon Docs](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-neon-docs.md>)

Topics: [Databases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/databases.md>), [Containers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/containers.md>), [Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kubernetes.md>), [cloud-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-infrastructure.md>), [Amazon S3](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon-s3.md>), [Serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/serverless.md>), [Google Cloud Platform (GCP)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google-cloud.md>)

Tags: [amazon-s3](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/amazon-s3.md>), [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [article](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/article.md>), [containers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/containers.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [deep-dive](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deep-dive.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [google-cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google-cloud.md>), [kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes.md>), [serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serverless.md>), [storage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/storage.md>)

## AI overview

This deep dive explains Neon's storage engine architecture. Neon separates compute from non-overwriting storage, allowing one storage system to serve primary and read-only nodes, support time-travel queries and branches, and simplify backups and WAL shipping. The design also enables serverless behavior and independent scaling, with cloud storage such as Amazon S3 or Google Cloud Storage used for file storage.

## Source excerpt

Neon is a single writer, multiple readers, and multi-tenant system that runs in Kubernetes containers. The two cornerstones of Neon's architecture are: In a previous article, I talked about architectural decisions and the reasons behind them. In this article, we take a closer loo...