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		I.B.M. Buys In-Memory Database Company (nytimes.com)
		7 points by ivan on Dec 22, 2007 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

edw519 on Dec 23, 2007 [–]

"Solid makes an embedded database with in-memory database engine, which means it can store and retrieve data from main memory, giving faster performance than traditional disk-based systems."

How does that make it different from any other virtual memory DBMS?

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