Re:Re: MemSQL the “world's fastest database”? (2012)
by nl on Wednesday October 01, 2014 @11:37PM
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Prevayler is always made the point that it is in-memory. Notably the front page says: It is an implementation of the Prevalent System design pattern, in which business objects are kept live in memory and transactions are journaled for system recovery
It's been around for quite a while. Nearly 15 years ago Ward Cunningham (yes, that Ward Cunningham) was interested in the system and wrote a benchmark for it - I was one of the people who contributed data[1].
I never thought it was a great idea then, but back in those days computers were usually RAM-starved. Now it might make a little more sense.
It's been around for quite a while. Nearly 15 years ago Ward Cunningham (yes, that Ward Cunningham) was interested in the system and wrote a benchmark for it - I was one of the people who contributed data[1].
I never thought it was a great idea then, but back in those days computers were usually RAM-starved. Now it might make a little more sense.
[1] http://c2.com/doc/SerializationThroughput/