# Write Amplification

> The degree to which maintaining parity on writes multiplies the underlying disk writes for each logical write.

Record: `lexicon:write-amplification`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Correctness Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/correctness-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-write-amplification

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Single-Disk Point of Failure](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/single-disk-point-of-failure.md) and before [Flexible Input](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/flexible-input.md).

## Category

- [Self-Healing / Recovery / Deployment Safety](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/self-healing-recovery-deployment-safety.md)

## In tension with

- [RAID Redundancy](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/raid-redundancy.md)
- [RAID Redundancy / Write Amplification](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/raid-redundancy-write-amplification.md)

## Linked from

- [Self-Healing / Recovery / Deployment Safety](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-self-healing-recovery-deployment-safety.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)