CHAPTER 1
Why In-Memory OLTP?
This introductory chapter explains the importance of in-memory databases and the problems they address. It provides an overview of the Microsoft In-Memory OLTP implementation (code name Hekaton) and its design goals. Finally, this chapter discusses the high-level architecture of the In-Memory OLTP Engine and how it is integrated into SQL Server.
Background
Way back when SQL Server and other major databases were originally designed, hardware was very expensive. Servers at that time had just one or very few CPUs, and a small amount of installed memory. Database servers had to work with data that resided on disk, loading ...
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