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Yes, but consider the Prevalent Hypothesis (http://prevayler.org/wiki/Prevalent%20Hypothesis http://prevayler.org/wiki/Prevalent%20Hypothesis): "That all your
by eelco 17y ago
Yes, but consider the Prevalent Hypothesis (http://prevayler.org/wiki/Prevalent%20Hypothesis http://prevayler.org/wiki/Prevalent%20Hypothesis):
"That all your business data fits in the RAM you can afford"
I believe this is true in many, not say most, cases. If not, don't use an in-memory "database", "persistent cache", "prevalence layer", or whatever you want to call it.
- moe 17y agoSorry, but that's the most idiotic hypothesis I've heard in a while. ;-) Being able to guarantee that all your data will always fit in as much RAM as you can afford is a luxury that almost nobody has. There's still an order of magnitude between common disk and DIMM sizes.