In-memory databases are relational databases that run entirely within the working memory, or RAM, of a server, or set of servers.

Theemergence of non-volatile dual in-line memory modules, or NVDIMMs, addsa new tool for in-memory database durability. NVDIMMs take the form ofstandard memory sticks that plug into existing DIMM ...

In-memory platforms with in-memory databases are emerging and are becoming the new standard. In-memory computing is, unlike traditional computing, a technology for both application and database in the ...

Traditional databases have long offered caching as a way to hold frequently-used records in memory, in order to increase responsiveness. Do in-memory databases really offer anything new?

But in-memory databases are subtler than that. This is because they provide an opportunity to optimise the way data is managed compared to traditional databases on disk-based media.

Sybase joins other database vendors in offering in-memory capability. Oracle also offers an in-memory database, Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database 11G, from a company it acquired in 2005. IBM also ...

In-Memory vs. Traditional Database With an IMDB (in-memory database), the data is held within the main memory instead of having to be stored on one of the hard drives.

Compared to traditional databases, IMDSes are less complex. Beyond the elimination of disk I/O, in-memory database systems have fewer moving parts or interacting processes. This leads to greater ...

In-memory database use, he added, has expanded from its traditional base of financial and trading applications to the broader mainstream of business, including analytics, web-based transactions, and ...

In addition, in-memory database systems necessitate only a single movement of data, adding to the speed advantage. In-memory technology may also help reduce the time required to manage data sites, ...