Thanks, you just saved us a ton of time. Off to change course ;)
J On Tue, 20 Aug 2002 13:12:29 -0400 Perrin Harkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>We are investigating using IPC rather then a file based >>structure but >>its purely investigation at this point. >> >>What are the speed diffs between an IPC cache and a >>Berkely DB cache. My >>gut instinct always screams 'Stay Off The Disk' but my >>gut is not always >>right.. Ok, rarely right.. ;) > >Most of the shared memory modules are much slower than >Berkeley DB. The fastest option around is IPC::MM, but >data you store in that does not persist if you restart >the server which is a problem for some. BerkeleyDB (the >new one, not DB_File) is also very fast, and other >options like Cache::Mmap and Cache::FileCache are much >faster than anything based on IPC::Sharelite and the >like. > >I have charts and numbers in my TPC presentation, which I >will be putting up soon. > >- Perrin >
