Re: Lock-free databases
From: Paul <paul_at_see.my.sig.com>
Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2005 13:55:53 +0000
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Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2005 13:55:53 +0000
Message-ID: <to2sm11etvv10lalg80moos57v8jh9qolo_at_4ax.com>
"-CELKO-" <jcelko212_at_earthlink.net> wrote:
> >> Is there any significant benefit to making a database lock-free? <<
> You have logical concurrency control and optimistic concurrency
> Look at Innerbase (aka Firebird) and its performance.
Interbase that should be. Firebird is the Open Source project derived
from when Borland Open Sourced Interbase (but subsequently took it
back into the fold).
> control. Both methods let you read and write at the same time. And
> obviosuly, you save the overhead of locking.
InnoDB - recently purchased by Oracle has a similar mechanism.
Paul...
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