Typhon: A .NET Database Engine Built for Game Servers Using ECS Architecture
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speckx
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Summary
Typhon is an embedded, persistent, ACID database engine written in .NET specifically designed for game servers and real-time simulations. It bridges the gap between game engines and traditional databases by using the native language of game development: entities, components, and systems (ECS). The database delivers full transactional safety with MVCC snapshot isolation at sub-microsecond latency through cache-line-aware storage, zero-copy access, and configurable durability. The article explores how game engines and databases independently solved similar data management problems and how Typhon combines insights from both traditions to create a purpose-built database for game server applications.
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It delivers full transactional safety with MVCC snapshot isolation at sub-microsecond latency, powered by cache-line-aware storage, zero-copy access, and configurable durability.
Game engines and databases solved the same problem independently. Typhon draws from both traditions to build a database engine purpose-built for game servers.
