Re: [Caml-list] [1/2 OT] Indexing (and mergeable Index-algorithms)

[Gerd Stolpmann <info@gerd-stolpmann.de>]

Am Freitag, den 18.11.2005, 16:14 +0100 schrieb Florian Weimer:
> * Thomas Fischbacher:
> 
> >> No, it isn't.  Berkeley DB offers much richer functionality, including
> >> transactions and replication.
> >
> > However, crashes at unfortunate moments may lead to database
> > corruption,
> 
> All my crashes could be traced back to operator error and faulty
> hardware.  Berkeley DB has a very bad reputation when it comes to data
> integrity and durability, but in my experience, this is simply not
> true.

I think it is true.

A good database must not become corrupt even if the hardware crashes. It
must be possible to simply undo the last operation after a crash, and
the integrity must not suffer from that. Although BDB promises this
stability, I had to throw away a number of databases after hardware
crashes. There are simply errors in it, and I cannot recommend it
anymore.

Gerd
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