Big Memory Machine Ellison made clear that the in-memory database will run just fine on commodity servers and even better on Exadata-class systems.

However, many in-memory data grids require that all the data in the underlying disk-based database fit into memory, requiring a business to purchase enough memory to hold all the data.

In their many years of existence, in-memory databases and technologies have meant one thing to most observers: running applications and serving up data at lightning-fast speeds. Now, as data ...

Companies that run SAP’s applications should know that most of those applications can perform much better on Oracle Database than on any other database platform, including HANA.

BANGALORE, INDIA: In-memory database systems (IMDSs) store records in main memory, they never go to disk. Through this elimination of disk access, IMDSs claim significant performance gains over ...

In-memory databases offer very high performance data processing, but how do you protect data in volatile DRAM and what kind of storage is needed for longer term retention?

In-memory database technology improves specific application performance notably. But challenges need to be met before in-memory database becomes the norm.

In-memory is gaining traction within enterprise data environments and leading enterprise vendors are including it in their new releases with the goal of finally making the real-time enterprise a ...

A Technical Fellow at Microsoft says we're headed for an in-memory database tipping point. What does this mean for Big Data?

In-memory databases are dead, long live tiered databases The sky is not the limit for DRAM in-memory databases. The rush to in-memory will morph into a expansion of data tiering.