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The Berkeley DB Book

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  • © 2007

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  • It will be a complete reference for Berkeley DB

  • Will be endorsed by and include a foreword by Margo Seltzer, one of the original co-creators of Berkeley DB

  • It will explain through extensive code examples the various design issues that the developers come across while using Berkeley DB

  • It will explain how Berkeley DB is different from relational database management systems and under what circumstances it will be more effective than those systems

  • It will discuss the use of Berkeley DB in appliance frameworks, where Berkeley DB is increasingly gaining acceptance

  • There is special focus on fault tolerance and high availability frameworks

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About this book

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.

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From the reviews:

"The book is aimed at a wide range of developers, from those who know nothing of Berkeley DB to those who are very familiar with Berkeley DB … . it can be used for teaching, and perhaps also as a reference book for developers of applications that require a time-constraint response, especially embedded applications. … I recommend this book to those who need to develop a scalable, fault-tolerant, embedded database application in open source." (E. A. Unger, ACM Computing Reviews, Vol. 49 (11), November, 2008)

About the author

Himanshu Yadava is a software developer and provides software design and development consultancy through his company BitSeer, Inc. His areas of interest include embedded databases, fault tolerance and monitoring/management frameworks. Previously, he has worked in various technical roles at Oracle, Kineto Wireless, ProactiveNet (now a part of BMC software) and Infosys Technologies. He maintains a Berkeley DB information page on his company's website, http://www.bitseer.com.

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