The Berkeley DB Book

Description

The Berkeley DB Book is a practical guide to the intricacies of the Berkeley DB. This book covers in-depth the complex design issues that are mostly only touched on in terse footnotes within the dense Berkeley DB reference manual. It explains the technology at a higher level and also covers the internals, providing generous code and design examples. In this book, you will get to see a developer's perspective on intriguing design issues in Berkeley DB-based applications, and you will be able to choose design options for specific conditions. Also included is a special look at fault tolerance and high-availability frameworks. Berkeley DB is becoming the database of choice for large-scale applications like search engines and high-traffic web sites. Front Matter....Pages i-xx Introduction to Berkeley DB....Pages 1-9 When to Use Berkeley DB....Pages 11-21 Products, Compilation, and Installation....Pages 23-30 Building a Simple Application Using Berkeley DB....Pages 31-59 Introduction to Advanced Data Stores....Pages 61-110 Advanced Operations....Pages 111-158 A Real-World Data Store....Pages 159-200 Replication....Pages 201-271 Distributed Transactions and Data-Distribution Strategies....Pages 273-322 Berkeley DB Utilities....Pages 323-357 Berkeley DB Java APIs....Pages 359-402 Berkeley DB C API....Pages 403-430 Back Matter....Pages 431-442