From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59033BB81 for ; Fri, 18 Nov 2005 16:14:56 +0100 (CET) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id jAIFEtwR001525 for ; Fri, 18 Nov 2005 16:14:55 +0100 Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA15698 for ; Fri, 18 Nov 2005 16:14:55 +0100 (MET) Received: from mail.enyo.de (mail.enyo.de [212.9.189.167]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id jAIFEslE001521 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 18 Nov 2005 16:14:55 +0100 Received: from deneb.vpn.enyo.de ([212.9.189.177] helo=deneb.enyo.de) by albireo.enyo.de with esmtp id 1Ed7wy-0002DP-Nk; Fri, 18 Nov 2005 16:14:52 +0100 Received: from fw by deneb.enyo.de with local (Exim 4.54) id 1Ed7ww-00019h-Ja; Fri, 18 Nov 2005 16:14:50 +0100 From: Florian Weimer To: Thomas Fischbacher Cc: Oliver Bandel , caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] [1/2 OT] Indexing (and mergeable Index-algorithms) References: <20051116234238.GA5741@first.in-berlin.de> <87r79fjxy4.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> <1132325649.17170.1.camel@starlight> <20051118142244.GF1116@first.in-berlin.de> <87wtj6yqbw.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 16:14:50 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Thomas Fischbacher's message of "Fri, 18 Nov 2005 16:05:52 +0100 (CET)") Message-ID: <87hdaayolx.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 437DEFEF.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 437DEFEE.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 indexing:01 data:02 florian:02 berkeley:03 berkeley:03 crashes:03 crashes:03 faulty:04 strange:06 standard:07 bit:10 license:10 license:10 unfortunate:10 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.0.3 * 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. > plus the license is a bit strange. It's a very simple, GPL-compatible copyleft license. Pretty standard.