Memory is a new disk
In the database world, disk based data stores are slowly being replaced by memory-based data stores. Memory prices are becoming more affordable and operational databases can usually fit totally into memory. According to the Gartner (the research company that provides independent technology reports) by the end of 2015 all enterprise DBMS will use memory optimizations and most of this transformation will happen this year. I am playing with the Hekaton tables these days and thinking to whom of my customers it might be relevant. Most of them prefer the new stuff and are quite eager to put new terms on their CV. They like to say “Why SQL Server? Everyone is using Redis as an in-memory database, it’s free and working blazingly fast. And the other department is using the Couchbase cluster. We don’t want to stay behind…” In such situations I need to step outside of the wardrobe where I’m hiding and peek around. The DBMS market keeps growing and many great new technologies are being intr