# What is the database used to write the ledger records?

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**Created:** [January 26, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.algorand.co/t/what-is-the-database-used-to-write-the-ledger-records/5869 "2022-01-26T18:28:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 1:03pm UTC](https://forum.algorand.co/t/what-is-the-database-used-to-write-the-ledger-records/5869/3 "2022-01-27T13:03:08Z")

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> [@tsachi](#):
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> Sqlite was chosen as it provides excellent storage performance, embedded, lightweight and fault tolerant.

I have a question regarding this topic. Running an (archival) node, this database is already pretty large on disk. What if Algorand grows 10x? Will we be required to have a 10 TB disk to store it? That doesn’t sound lightweight.

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