# Question about underlying storage

**URL:** <https://community.neo4j.com/t/question-about-underlying-storage/5795>\
**Category:** Newbie Questions\
**Created:** [March 16, 2019, 12:17pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/question-about-underlying-storage/5795 "2019-03-16T12:17:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![severos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/severos/32/3722_2.png) [@severos](https://community.neo4j.com/u/severos)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2019, 12:17pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/question-about-underlying-storage/5795/1 "2019-03-16T12:17:03Z")

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Hi there everyone,

I'm starting my research on GraphDB and one of the topics I'm currently reading about is the data layout in storage.  
Neo4j is very known GraphDB so I'm basing my initial studying on it, I've looked around the docs but I couldn't find any explanation on how's the data actually stored in on the disk.  
Could anyone let me know if my eyes have missed those details around? or point me toward the answer?

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![michael.hunger](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/michael.hunger/32/27377_2.png) [@michael.hunger](https://community.neo4j.com/u/michael.hunger)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2019, 3:24pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/question-about-underlying-storage/5795/2 "2019-03-16T15:24:13Z")

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There are some details in the free graph databases book  
Otherwise have a look at the source, as it's constantly evolving.

> **[O'Reilly Graph Databases](https://neo4j.com/graph-databases-book/)**
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> Learn what differentiates graph databases from other databases in the O'Reilly Graph Databases book. Download your copy of the free graph database book.