This document discusses performance tuning in BlueStore and RocksDB for Ceph object storage. It provides an overview of BlueStore's architecture using RocksDB for metadata storage and direct writing of data to block devices. It then examines various RocksDB and BlueStore configuration optimizations for random write workloads, including increasing parallelization, tuning memory usage, and testing different flush styles. The document concludes with ideas for future work on alternatives to RocksDB for certain data types.