domsj

cockroachdb and tidb/tikv? (= scalable key-value layer with transaction)

Not just shenandoah[1], it's also getting zgc[2], so the low latency future looks bright for the jvm.

1. https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/shenandoah/Main 2. https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/zgc/Main

I don't get it: why would they need/want to set up a server to test the sql module in the first place? The behaviour of the sql module doesn't depend on server, so logically I would assume the tests shouldn't either... And if some tests really need a server, then they are not testing the sql layer anymore, and shouldn't need access to internals of the sql module.

Have a look at Open vStorage (http://www.openvstorage.com). Some highlights: open-source, core is battle proven for more than 7 years, performance, scales across datacenters , unlimited snapshots, ...

(disclaimer: I'm an engineer there...)

If you're sensitive to office noise I strongly suggest getting good noise cancelling headphones. I had the same problem about a year ago, bought bose qc 25 and while a bit expensive it think it's money well spent, I'm much less aware of/annoyed by the noises around me

There's a blog post discussing the paper available at http://blog.acolyer.org/2015/10/15/ironfleet-proving-practic...