paul c wrote:
> Joe Seigh wrote:
[...]
>>
>> In the case of an in memory database, you could put the database
>> in to a read only shared segment and allow processes running on
>> the same machine to run queries directly against the memory without
>> any IPC or communication overhead. No syscalls essentially.
>
>
> Are you talking about a read-only database that just happens to be in
> memory and isn't subject to disk latency or something else?
>
For the most part. You could make the shared segment a memory mapped
file but I don't think you want to necessarily tie the disk representation
of the data to the in memory representation. It's easier to consider
the problem if it's just an in memory database.
--
Joe Seigh
When you get lemons, you make lemonade.
When you get hardware, you make software.
Received on Thu Nov 03 2005 - 20:22:37 CST
