Blobdb for static data (#5475)

Signed-off-by: Fabio Di Fabio <fabio.difabio@consensys.net>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ and in case a rollback is needed, before installing a previous version, the migr
 - Unite the tx-pool CLI options under the same Tx Pool Options group in UX. [#5466](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/issues/5466)
 - Tidy DEBUG logs by moving engine API full logging to TRACE [#5529](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/5529)
 - remove PoW validation if merge is enabled as it is not needed anymore [#5538](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/5538)
+- Use BlobDB for blockchain storage to reduce initial sync time and write amplification [#5475](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/5475)
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 - check to ensure storage and transactions are not closed prior to reading/writing [#5527](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/5527) 

ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/storage/keyvalue/KeyValueSegmentIdentifier.java

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.storage.SegmentIdentifier;
 import org.bouncycastle.util.Arrays;
 
 public enum KeyValueSegmentIdentifier implements SegmentIdentifier {
-  BLOCKCHAIN(new byte[] {1}),
+  BLOCKCHAIN(new byte[] {1}, true),
   WORLD_STATE(new byte[] {2}, new int[] {0, 1}),
   PRIVATE_TRANSACTIONS(new byte[] {3}),
   PRIVATE_STATE(new byte[] {4}),
@@ -44,14 +44,25 @@ public enum KeyValueSegmentIdentifier implements SegmentIdentifier {
 
   private final byte[] id;
   private final int[] versionList;
+  private final boolean containsStaticData;
 
   KeyValueSegmentIdentifier(final byte[] id) {
     this(id, new int[] {0, 1, 2});
   }
 
+  KeyValueSegmentIdentifier(final byte[] id, final boolean containsStaticData) {
+    this(id, new int[] {0, 1, 2}, containsStaticData);
+  }
+
   KeyValueSegmentIdentifier(final byte[] id, final int[] versionList) {
+    this(id, versionList, false);
+  }
+
+  KeyValueSegmentIdentifier(
+      final byte[] id, final int[] versionList, final boolean containsStaticData) {
     this.id = id;
     this.versionList = versionList;
+    this.containsStaticData = containsStaticData;
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -64,6 +75,11 @@ public enum KeyValueSegmentIdentifier implements SegmentIdentifier {
     return id;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean containsStaticData() {
+    return containsStaticData;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public boolean includeInDatabaseVersion(final int version) {
     return Arrays.contains(versionList, version);

plugin-api/build.gradle

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Calculated : ${currentHash}
 tasks.register('checkAPIChanges', FileStateChecker) {
   description = "Checks that the API for the Plugin-API project does not change without deliberate thought"
   files = sourceSets.main.allJava.files
-  knownHash = 'V3sh575rrexPv+Ywe8mURT4Z3fREDCDd79PpAISFx8A='
+  knownHash = '5qYaRONxsvjtA3/9OOX4B1GEaOVEXLyU2zBFU0Kpu0E='
 }
 check.dependsOn('checkAPIChanges')
 

plugin-api/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/storage/SegmentIdentifier.java

@@ -47,4 +47,13 @@ public interface SegmentIdentifier {
   default boolean includeInDatabaseVersion(final int version) {
     return true;
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Define if this segment contains data that is never updated, but only added and optionally
+   * deleted. Example is append only data like the blockchain. This information can be used by the
+   * underlying implementation to apply specific optimization for this use case.
+   *
+   * @return true if the segment contains only static data
+   */
+  boolean containsStaticData();
 }

plugins/rocksdb/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/storage/rocksdb/segmented/RocksDBColumnarKeyValueStorage.java

@@ -153,16 +153,7 @@ public abstract class RocksDBColumnarKeyValueStorage
                       .noneMatch(existed -> Arrays.equals(existed, ignorableSegment.getId())))
           .forEach(trimmedSegments::remove);
       columnDescriptors =
-          trimmedSegments.stream()
-              .map(
-                  segment ->
-                      new ColumnFamilyDescriptor(
-                          segment.getId(),
-                          new ColumnFamilyOptions()
-                              .setTtl(0)
-                              .setCompressionType(CompressionType.LZ4_COMPRESSION)
-                              .setTableFormatConfig(createBlockBasedTableConfig(configuration))))
-              .collect(Collectors.toList());
+          trimmedSegments.stream().map(this::createColumnDescriptor).collect(Collectors.toList());
       columnDescriptors.add(
           new ColumnFamilyDescriptor(
               DEFAULT_COLUMN.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8),
@@ -180,6 +171,24 @@ public abstract class RocksDBColumnarKeyValueStorage
     }
   }
 
+  private ColumnFamilyDescriptor createColumnDescriptor(final SegmentIdentifier segment) {
+    final var options =
+        new ColumnFamilyOptions()
+            .setTtl(0)
+            .setCompressionType(CompressionType.LZ4_COMPRESSION)
+            .setTableFormatConfig(createBlockBasedTableConfig(configuration));
+
+    if (segment.containsStaticData()) {
+      options
+          .setEnableBlobFiles(true)
+          .setEnableBlobGarbageCollection(false)
+          .setMinBlobSize(100)
+          .setBlobCompressionType(CompressionType.LZ4_COMPRESSION);
+    }
+
+    return new ColumnFamilyDescriptor(segment.getId(), options);
+  }
+
   private void setGlobalOptions(final RocksDBConfiguration configuration, final Statistics stats) {
     options = new DBOptions();
     options

plugins/rocksdb/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/storage/rocksdb/segmented/RocksDBColumnarKeyValueStorageTest.java

@@ -261,14 +261,22 @@ public abstract class RocksDBColumnarKeyValueStorageTest extends AbstractKeyValu
   public enum TestSegment implements SegmentIdentifier {
     FOO(new byte[] {1}),
     BAR(new byte[] {2}),
-    EXPERIMENTAL(new byte[] {3});
+    EXPERIMENTAL(new byte[] {3}),
+
+    STATIC_DATA(new byte[] {4}, true);
 
     private final byte[] id;
     private final String nameAsUtf8;
+    private final boolean containsStaticData;
 
     TestSegment(final byte[] id) {
+      this(id, false);
+    }
+
+    TestSegment(final byte[] id, final boolean containsStaticData) {
       this.id = id;
       this.nameAsUtf8 = new String(id, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+      this.containsStaticData = containsStaticData;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -280,6 +288,11 @@ public abstract class RocksDBColumnarKeyValueStorageTest extends AbstractKeyValu
     public byte[] getId() {
       return id;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean containsStaticData() {
+      return containsStaticData;
+    }
   }
 
   protected abstract SegmentedKeyValueStorage<RocksDbSegmentIdentifier> createSegmentedStore()