Why Does a RAM Based Database Make a Difference?
Did you know that most popular database programs still use technology originally invented for mainframe computers decades ago? In the dawn of the computer age even these colossal giants had only tiny amounts of RAM available. Though electronic RAM memory is thousands of times faster than mechanically based disk drives, early programmers had no choice — in those days only disk drives had the capacity to get serious database jobs done. Some programmers dreamed of using lightning fast RAM technology to make databases far more powerful and flexible, but with the technology of the time that idea was still in the realm of science fiction. Today those mainframe dinosaurs are long gone, and even budget PCs have RAM capacity far in excess of typical database needs. With efficient storage algorithms, over 10,000 records can be stored per megabyte of RAM — that’s over a million records in 100 megabytes! Panorama is the first full featured database software to seize this incredible opportunity. Pa
