Comments on: Ex-Facebookers launch MemSQL to make your database fly

By: DVA

DVA — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 09:41:37 +0000

There is nothing new there. MySQL already has in memory storage. I think they are just marketing a cosmetically improved version.

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/memory-storage-engine.html

By: prasoonk

prasoonk — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 06:53:03 +0000

Have tried VoltDB, which is incredibly fast, but doesn’t support SQL stored procedures, rather Java stored procedures. I guess I should give memSQL a try.

By: Eric Frenkiel

Eric Frenkiel — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 05:54:08 +0000

not a mysql fork at all. wrt features, this is v1, you have to start somewhere. this fulfills base case of relational interface.

By: Derrick Harris

Derrick Harris — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 03:27:32 +0000

Kinda true. Of course, they did both come from Facebook and they are doing something analogous to HipHop but for SQL instead of PHP.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 02:04:22 +0000

maybe you should check their LinkedIn before using Facebook as the subject line. What they did in facebook has nothing to do with database.

By: Derrick Harris

Derrick Harris — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:33:58 +0000

All fair points if true. Obviously, anyone looking to deploy any product has to dig into the tech and features to make sure it works for them.

By: PJ Brunet

PJ Brunet — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:27:04 +0000

This was mentioned on the Techzing about a year ago, looking forward to trying it. PS: Why is your comment system asking me to login to WordPress.com? Makes no sense.

By: DB commentator

DB commentator — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:54:21 +0000

No outer or full outer joins, can only join two tables, no transaction support (except for one transaction at a time), limited transaction isolation levels, needs to have the full tables loaded into memory at any one time… not to mention it is a MySQL fork licensed from Oracle so is at the mercy of a direct competitor who can revoke the license if they get too successful… not sure if this is the best thing since sliced bread that this article is making out it is.

By: Ryan Swanstrom

Ryan Swanstrom — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:18:11 +0000

Reblogged this on Data Science 101 and commented: Databases (NoSQL and Relational) are getting more interesting everyday.