HandlerSocket is an interesting approach to turn MySQL into a NoSQL database and get 700,000 requests per second on a single node. http://yoshinorimatsunobu.bl

HandlerSocket is an interesting approach to turn MySQL into a NoSQL database and get 700,000 requests per second on a single node. http://yoshinorimatsunobu.blogspot.com/2010/10/using-mysql-as-nosql-story-for.html?m=1 http://yoshinorimatsunobu.blogspot.com/2010/10/using-mysql-a... When I benchmarked Redis on an Intel hexacore I got 800,000 requests a second on 8 terminal windows. So I assume the MYSQL data fit in RAM.