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+# Lightning Roadmap
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+This document defines the roadmap for Lightning development.
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++ [ ] Improve test
+    - [ ] stability test: able to restore a 10 TiB database without inherent bugs in 5 days
+    - [ ] bench test: able to import a 1 TiB single table with 5 indices in 6 hours.
++ [ ] Improve usability
+    - [ ] visual display of import
++ [ ] distributed import: easily deploy multiple Lightning and Importer instances to horizontally speed up restoration
++ [ ] online import