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                 ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐
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+                 │                 RAM or disk                   │
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 ## Log Compaction
 rqlite automatically performs log compaction. After a configurable number of changes rqlite snapshots the SQLite database, and truncates the Raft log. This is a technical feature of the Raft consensus system, and most users of rqlite need not be concerned with this.