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by nemothekid 4236 days ago
What is WiredTiger? I checked the github, but couldn't find any high level information other than it uses a LSM much like LevelDB. What advantages/tradeoffs have they made in WiredTiger vs. LevelDB?
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TFA links to http://www.wiredtiger.com/ which have some bold claims and jolly graphs -- and a link to: https://github.com/wiredtiger/wiredtiger

I hadn't heard of wiredtiger either. Looks interesting. Anyone know how it compares to LMDB[1]? Both in terms of features and maturity? Apparently made by the people that gave the world the Sleepycat Berkley DB.

[1] http://symas.com/mdb/

It's an embedded ordered key value store, like LevelDB. It's actually configurable to either LSM or BTree. Everything I read says it's much faster than LevelDB, but I never tested it myself.