# Introduction

## Welcome

Akumuli is a time-series database with it's own unique storage engine, designed specifically for time-series data. Akumuli database consists of two parts - server application and the storage engine implemented as a library.

## Technical papers

* [Compression algorithms](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yLsN1j8xxnm_b0oN6rFSgWOnCHP-OlJC5pBKZQwTAPc/pub)
* [Storage engine data structure](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jFK8E3CZSqR5IPsMGojm2LknkNyUZA7tY51N6IgzW_g/pub)


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