Hi Rick: Thank you so much for sharing the information with the group. >* It would be great to be able to bound the growth of the in-memory db Is there a trend for need of in-memory db on JAVA world? Is it mainly for applications, i.e. ERP, CRM, SRM? What kind of solution JAVA can provide for smart device like iPhone, RIMM or Plam? i.e. Will JAVA play well with WindowMobile or Arnoid? Thank you for shed the lights for us in advance, Lily
________________________________ From: Rick Hillegas <[email protected]> To: Derby Discussion <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2009 11:13:05 AM Subject: Re: Derby in-memory back end - where to go next? Hi Kristian, Here's another piece of feedback: Last night I gave an overview of Derby to the San Francisco Java User's Group. A developer asked whether the growth of the in-memory database could be bounded. He had a use case which we didn't explore in depth but which involved periodically truncating the database. I asked him to bring his requirements to the Derby user list so that we could feed them into your spec effort. Here are my takeaways: * It would be great to be able to bound the growth of the in-memory db * It would be great if the memory occupied by deleted records could be released Thanks, -Rick Kristian Waagan wrote: > Hello, > > In Derby 10.5 an in-memory back end, or storage engine, was included. It > stores all the data in main memory, with the exception of derby.log. If this > is news to you, and you want a quick intro to it, see [1] and [2]. > > I'm trying to gather some feedback on whether the current implementation is > found acceptable, or if there are additional features people would like to > see. I expect some wishes to emerge, and I plan to record these on the wiki > page [1]. The page can then be used to guide further work in this area. > > To start the discussion, I'll list some potential features and tasks. Feel > free to comment on any one of them either by replying to this thread, or by > adding your comments to [1]. It can be a +1 or -1 on the feature itself, a > suggestion for a new feature, or details on what a feature should look like. > > > * Documentation > Must at least document the JDBC subsubprotocol, and also explain how to > delete in-memory databases. > If new features are added, these must be documented as well. > > * Deletion of in-memory databases > Currently the only ways to delete an in-memory database are to restart the > JVM or use a static method that isn't part of Derby's public API. A proper > mechanism for deletion should be added. > > * Automatic deletion on database shutdown (or when last connection > disconnects) > > * "Anonymous in-memory databases" > A database which only the connection creating it can access, and when the > connection goes away the database goes away. > > * Automatic persistence > The database could be persisted to disk automatically based on certain > criteria. The most obvious ones are perhaps on a fixed interval and on JVM > shutdown. > > * Monitoring > The most basic information is how many in-memory databases exist in the > current JVM, and how big they are. How should this information be presented? > Should it be available to anyone having a connection to the current JVM? > > * No derby.log > Include a class in Derby that will discard everything written to derby.log. > > > Thank you for your feedback,
