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MemSQL Makers Say They've Created the Fastest Database On the Planet
mikejuk writes "Two former Facebook developers have created a new database that they say is the world's fastest and it is MySQL compatible. According to Eric Frenkiel and Nikita Shamgunov, MemSQL, the database they have developed over the past year, is thirty times faster than conventional disk-based databases. MemSQL has put together a video showing MySQL versus MemSQL carrying out a sequence of queries, in which MySQL performs at around 3,500 queries per second, while MemSQL achieves around 80,000 queries per second. The documentation says that MemSQL writes back to disk/SSD as soon as the transaction is acknowledged in memory, and that using a combination of write-ahead logging and snapshotting ensures your data is secure. There is a free version but so far how much a full version will cost isn't given." (See also this article at SlashBI.)
When I think of fast databases to compare to, the first thing I think of is MySQL.
/Actually, I'd rather see a comparison to Pick or other lightning fast MV dbs
I wouldn't run my toaster on software engineered by someone from Facebook, let alone a database. I'd have to spend ten minutes searching for my toast, and it would show up the following week.
And then the next week, your toast would have changed from white bread to wholegrain and you're just going to have to get used to it.
PostgreSQL is definitely the best database software out there.
Ah, but it's an "enterprise-grade" toy.
I'm gonna call BS on this one. Why would a ram disc need a fan?
MySQL is not webscale because it uses joins.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."