Archive for 2012
AvocadoDB Memory Management & Consistency | ArangoDB Blog 2012
Note: We changed the name of the database in May 2012. AvocadoDB is now called ArangoDB. AvocadoDB uses AppendOnly memory-mapped files with frequent fsync. Derived data (indices, etc.) is stored in the main memory only. This article explains why that particular combination leads to high performance and consistent data at the same time―even in case…
More InfoWanted: Python API Contributors for NoSQL Project | ArangoDB Blog 2012
Note: We changed the name of the database in May 2012. AvocadoDB is now called ArangoDB. Are you a Python expert and want to contribute to an open source project? We need your help writing an API for Python for a new nosql database! AvocadoDB is a rather new open source project – a fancy…
More InfoAvocadoDB: The Best NoSQL Database | ArangoDB Blog 2012
Note: We changed the name of the database in May 2012. AvocadoDB is now called ArangoDB. Our mission: projects are different, project requirements change. We want to offer with AvocadoDB a most universally applicable nosql database which can be used in a maximum number of different use cases. In buzzword bingo language: we want to…
More InfoAvocadoDB’s Design Objectives | ArangoDB Blog 2012
Before we started programming the new open source NoSQL database, we reflected which design objectives to achieve or to drop. This article summarizes our considerations. In a nutshell: Schema-free schemas with shapes: Inherent structures at hand are automatically recognized and subsequently optimized. Querying: ArangoDB is able to accomplish complex operations on the provided data (query-by-example…
More InfoHello World! Introduction to ArangoDB | ArangoDB Blog 2012
We’ll use this space for further information on what’s going on in the project, milestones, events, interesting in-depth information etc.
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