Why is Panorama RAM based instead of disk based?
The fundamental, overriding difference between Panorama and all other database programs is that Panorama is RAM instead of disk based. When you open a Panorama database the entire database, including all of the data, is loaded from the disk into the computer’s RAM. From then on Panorama doesn’t use the disk at all (until you use the Save command). All searching, sorting, editing, and everything else occurs directly in your computer’s high speed RAM. Other database programs are disk based. Every time you edit a field, sort, search, or perform any other operation it must access the disk. Unlike RAM, the disk is a mechanical device with parts that actually move each time you access the disk. This makes disk access thousands of times slower than RAM access. Back to top.
