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[hotfix][docs] Fix typo and heading level in state backends documentation #28173

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Expand Up @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ Out of the box, Flink bundles these state backends:

- *HashMapStateBackend*
- *EmbeddedRocksDBStateBackend*
- *ForStStateBackend*

If nothing else is configured, the system will use the HashMapStateBackend.

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The total memory amount of RocksDB instance(s) per slot can also be bounded, please refer to documentation [here]({{< ref "docs/ops/state/large_state_tuning" >}}#bounding-rocksdb-memory-usage) for details.

## The ForStStateBackend
### The ForStStateBackend
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The *ForStStateBackend* is a state backend that is based on [ForSt project](https://github.com/ververica/ForSt),
which is also a LSM-tree structured key-value store and built on top of the RocksDB.
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Enabling RocksDB's native metrics may have a negative performance impact on your application.
{{< /hint >}}

### Advanced RocksDB Memory Turning
### Advanced RocksDB Memory Tuning

{{< hint info >}}
Flink offers sophisticated default [memory management for RocksDB](#memory-management) that should work for most use-cases. The below mechanisms should mainly be used for *expert tuning* or *trouble shooting*.
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