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MySQL Creator Contemplates RAM-only Databases

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the ramdisk-is-the-only-disk dept.

Aavidwriter writes "Peter Wayner asks Michael 'Monty' Widenius of MySQL, 'When will RAM prices make disk drives obsolete for database developers?' From Monty's answers, it sounds like hard drives may be nothing but backups before long." From experience, I'd wager that RAM failure rates are less than hard drive failure rates, so it might also mean more stability from that perspective.

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