Berkeley DB: A Retrospective

Berkeley DB is an open-source, embedded transactional data management system that has been in wide deployment since 1992. In those fifteen years, it has grown from a simple, non-transactional key-data store to a highly reliable, scalable, flexible data management solution. We trace the history of Berkeley DB and discuss how a small library provides data management solutions appropriate to disparate environments ranging form cell phones to servers.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2007
• Where: DEBU
• Authors: Margo I. Seltzer
• Keywords: Berkeley DB, Data Management, Data Management Solutions, DEBU 2007