Reminds me of MongoDB (first few years at least). Screaming fast. Until a crash happens and the data is missing - then all that's left is screaming. I also run

Reminds me of MongoDB (first few years at least). Screaming fast. Until a crash happens and the data is missing - then all that's left is screaming. I also run MariaDB in RAM, but only for integration tests where data is fictional anyway. Otherwise I'm sure you can't come up with a better solution than they did just by using some sysadmin tricks.