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I've been asked a few times recently for my opinion on VoltDB , the new database server architected by the 'father' of Postgres, Dr Michael Stonebraker so rather than repeating myself over and over again it seems like a good idea to write it all down. http://pgsnake.blogspot.com/2010/05/comparing-voltdb-to-postgres.html

Comparing VoltDB to Postgres

http://www.dbms2.com/2010/05/25/voltdb-finally-launches/ May 25, 2010 VoltDB is finally launching today. As is common for companies in sectors I write about, VoltDB — or just “Volt” — has discovered the virtues of embargoes that end 12:01 am.

VoltDB finally launches

January 5, 2013 http://www.dbms2.com/category/products-and-vendors/h-store/

VoltDB and H-Store

Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) databases include a suite of features - disk-resident B-trees and heap files, locking-based concurrency control, support for multi-threading - that were optimized for computer technology of the late 1970's.

OLTP through the looking glass, and what we found there

http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1376616.1376713

VoltDB Decapitates Six SQL Urban Myths and Delivers Internet Scale OLTP in the Process

http://highscalability.com/blog/2010/6/28/voltdb-decapitates-six-sql-urban-myths-and-delivers-internet.html What do you get when you take a SQL database and start a new implementation from scratch, taking advantage of the latest research and modern hardware?