NovaDB – Lightweight Database Engine

NovaDB is a lightweight relational database engine built from scratch to demonstrate how modern database management systems manage storage and queries internally.

The system simulates a disk-based storage engine where data is organized into fixed-size blocks. It implements block allocation, record storage, relation and attribute catalogs, and indexing using B+ trees.

Key Features:

• Disk block storage model with 8192 blocks

• Record block structures for storing table data

• Relation Catalog and Attribute Catalog for metadata management

• Buffer layer for loading blocks into memory

• B+ Tree indexing for efficient search operations

• Support for relational operations such as selection and projection

This project helps understand the internal architecture of real-world database systems like PostgreSQL and MySQL.