Main memory database
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A main memory database system is a database management system that mainly relies on main memory for data storage. Due to the characteristics of random access memory, these databases can offer a significant performance advantage over hard drive-based databases. However, main memory database systems only guarantee ACID properties as long as a stable power supply is present, as they generally rely on volatile memory devices, which lose all stored information during power drops.
[edit] See also
- Database management system
- Primary storage (main memory)
[edit] References
- Jack Belzer: Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology - Volume 14: Very Large Data Base Systems to Zero-Memory and Markov Information Source, Marcel Dekker Inc., ISBN 0-8247-2214-0
[edit] External links
- run time access to data structures
- Martin Fowler wiki: InMemoryTestDatabase
- Sprint Project
- Article "Main Memory Database Systems: An Overview" by Hector Garcia-Molina and Kenneth Salem
- Citations from CiteSeer
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