Meta-Chain: User-Aware Cross-Layer Space Allocation Strategy for Blockchain Storage Systems: Work-in-Progress

Abstract

Current LSM-Tree-based blockchain storage system will assign the data from multiple system users to the same disk drive. This will lead to the inefficient usage of physical spaces in disk and cause extra compaction operations for LSM - Tree. This paper presents Meta-Chain, a user-aware cross-layer space allocation strategy for blockchain storage systems. As a cross-layer design, Meta-Chain redesigns the organization of LSM - Tree and utilizes the rich functionalities provided by open-channel SSD. Experimental results show that Meta-Chain can effectively reduce write amplification and extend the lifetime of SSD in comparison with representative schemes.