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VoltDB

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VoltDB is an in-memory database designed by Michael Stonebraker, Sam Madden, and Daniel Abadi. That team had started an experimental version called H-Store while working at a set of US universities, which formed the basis for the commercial product; it is now marketed under the name Volt Active Data.

Facts
Year
2010 2
Significance
An in-memory NewSQL database designed by pioneering database researchers for high-throughput transactional workloads. 2
Classification
License
Proprietary (Closed Source) 1
Connections

In Field

Databases, Fields
Source Wikipedia: VoltDB

Invented By

Daniel Abadi, Pioneers
Source Wikipedia: VoltDB
Source Wikipedia: VoltDB

Licensed Under

Sources
1. Wikidata: VoltDB
  • Wikidata Q3884002, resolved via en.wikipedia pageprops (wave rule R-L)
  • Wikidata P275 license claim
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2. Wikipedia: VoltDB
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Volt Active Data (formerly VoltDB) is an in-memory database designed by Michael Stonebraker, Sam Madden, and Daniel Abadi.
  • In Field: Databases, Lead sentence
    Volt Active Data (formerly VoltDB) is an in-memory database designed by Michael Stonebraker, Sam Madden, and Daniel Abadi.
  • Invented By: Michael Stonebraker, Lead sentence
    Volt Active Data (formerly VoltDB) is an in-memory database designed by Michael Stonebraker, Sam Madden, and Daniel Abadi.
  • Invented By: Daniel Abadi, Lead sentence
    Volt Active Data (formerly VoltDB) is an in-memory database designed by Michael Stonebraker, Sam Madden, and Daniel Abadi.
  • In Group: NewSQL and In-Memory Databases, Lead
    Volt Active Data (formerly VoltDB) is an in-memory database designed by Michael Stonebraker, Sam Madden, and Daniel Abadi.
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