Re: Update on the status of Mckoi SQL

"M. A. Sridhar" <[email protected]> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:10:27 -0800 (PST)
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Hi Toby,=0A=0AI'm very happy to hear that the development is making progres=
s. =0A=0AThere is one aspect that I would like to mention. The current Mcko=
i implementation seems to keep lots of files open, and in large deployments=
, it causes the JVM to fail with a "too many open files" error. My database=
 uses about 250 tables, and I create a separate database instance for each =
customer in hosted mode. This seems to imply (I'm guessing here) that Mckoi=
 opens n*250 files when there are n instances, and that causes problems wit=
h the JVM. This is unfortunately a show-stopper for me. =0A=0AI am hoping t=
hat you will have addressed this problem with the new version.=0A=0AMckoi h=
as proven to be an extremely reliable, easy-to-use piece of software. Thank=
s for the great work.=0A=0ABest regards.=0A =0AM. A. Sridhar =0Am_a_sridhar=
 at yahoo dot com=0A=0A=0A----- Original Message ----=0AFrom: Tobias Downer=
 <[email protected]>=0ATo: [email protected]=0ASent: Thursday, December 14, 20=
06 5:57:52 PM=0ASubject: Re: Update on the status of Mckoi SQL=0A=0AHi Anto=
nello,=0A=0AUnfortunately I have to ask for a little more patience from you=
 and the =0Acommunity on the next release of Mckoi.  I was hoping I'd have =
the code =0Ato give out by now, but adding the new features we wanted in th=
is =0Arelease has been a huge undertaking.=0A=0AThe reason for the lengthy =
overhaul of the code was the introduction of =0Aa new 64 bit data storage s=
ystem which I intend will be the final =0Arevision of the data storage syst=
em in Mckoi.  The new data store system =0Ais a complete rewrite and wraps =
all the low level database storage/query =0Afunctionality into a simple int=
erface which leads to many elegant ways =0Ato implement the higher level da=
tabase functions.  What this means is =0Athe next version of Mckoi will be =
able to scale up to massive data sets =0Aand will have a very flexible inde=
x and list management function.=0A=0AThe data store code is finished.  The =
reason why the release hasn't =0Ahappened sooner is because the change has =
not turned out to be an =0Aincremental revision of the codebase.  Most of t=
he code that involves =0Amanaging data and indexes has needed to be updated=
 or rewritten and many =0Aof the higher level data management code has been=
 effected in some way =0Afrom the changes.=0A=0AThe code is slowly coming t=
ogether and there will be a new release soon =0Aand it will be considerably=
 more advanced than the current release.  I =0Ahope the quality of the code=
 will speak for itself when it's done.=0A=0AToby.=0A=0AAntonello Provenzano=
 wrote:=0A> Hi all,=0A> =0A> I'm curious about the current status of the pr=
oject: in a post dated=0A> 26th October 2005 Tobias announced the project w=
as still alive and=0A> near to a new release.=0A> Since then nothing happen=
ed and many users continuously comply about=0A> the death of the project (t=
hat Tobias has always denied), trying to=0A> find an alternative.=0A> =0A> =
Industrially a stable project that doesn't change large portions of=0A> its=
 code is a good choice, but the lack of improvements, bug fixing or=0A> new=
 features is a bad signal for the 'market'.=0A> =0A> Hope this post was not=
 bothering anyone and will find a concrete response.=0A> =0A> Cheers.=0A> A=
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ad><body><div style=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:1=
0pt">Hi Toby,<br><br>I'm very happy to hear that the development is making =
progress. <br><br>There is one aspect that I would like to mention. The cur=
rent Mckoi implementation seems to keep lots of files open, and in large de=
ployments, it causes the JVM to fail with a "too many open files" error. My=
 database uses about 250 tables, and I create a separate database instance =
for each customer in hosted mode. This seems to imply (I'm guessing here) t=
hat Mckoi opens n*250 files when there are n instances, and that causes pro=
blems with the JVM. This is unfortunately a show-stopper for me. <br><br>I =
am hoping that you will have addressed this problem with the new version.<b=
r><br>Mckoi has proven to be an extremely reliable, easy-to-use piece of so=
ftware. Thanks for the great work.<br><br>Best regards.<br><div>&nbsp;</div=
><div
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-bottom: 4px; width: 400px; padding-top: 4px;">M. A. Sridhar <br><code styl=
e=3D"font-size: 92%;">m_a_sridhar at yahoo dot com</code></div><div style=
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t;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Tobias Downer &lt;[email protected]&g=
t;<br>To: [email protected]<br>Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 5:57:52 PM=
<br>Subject: Re: Update on the status of Mckoi SQL<br><br><div>Hi Antonello=
,<br><br>Unfortunately I have to ask for a little more patience from you an=
d the <br>community on the next release of Mckoi.&nbsp;&nbsp;I was hoping I=
'd have the code <br>to give out by now, but adding the new features we wan=
ted in this <br>release has been a huge undertaking.<br><br>The reason for =
the lengthy overhaul of the code was the introduction of <br>a new 64 bit d=
ata storage system
 which I intend will be the final <br>revision of the data storage system i=
n Mckoi.&nbsp;&nbsp;The new data store system <br>is a complete rewrite and=
 wraps all the low level database storage/query <br>functionality into a si=
mple interface which leads to many elegant ways <br>to implement the higher=
 level database functions.&nbsp;&nbsp;What this means is <br>the next versi=
on of Mckoi will be able to scale up to massive data sets <br>and will have=
 a very flexible index and list management function.<br><br>The data store =
code is finished.&nbsp;&nbsp;The reason why the release hasn't <br>happened=
 sooner is because the change has not turned out to be an <br>incremental r=
evision of the codebase.&nbsp;&nbsp;Most of the code that involves <br>mana=
ging data and indexes has needed to be updated or rewritten and many <br>of=
 the higher level data management code has been effected in some way <br>fr=
om the changes.<br><br>The code is slowly coming together and there will be=
 a new
 release soon <br>and it will be considerably more advanced than the curren=
t release.&nbsp;&nbsp;I <br>hope the quality of the code will speak for its=
elf when it's done.<br><br>Toby.<br><br>Antonello Provenzano wrote:<br>&gt;=
 Hi all,<br>&gt; <br>&gt; I'm curious about the current status of the proje=
ct: in a post dated<br>&gt; 26th October 2005 Tobias announced the project =
was still alive and<br>&gt; near to a new release.<br>&gt; Since then nothi=
ng happened and many users continuously comply about<br>&gt; the death of t=
he project (that Tobias has always denied), trying to<br>&gt; find an alter=
native.<br>&gt; <br>&gt; Industrially a stable project that doesn't change =
large portions of<br>&gt; its code is a good choice, but the lack of improv=
ements, bug fixing or<br>&gt; new features is a bad signal for the 'market'=
.<br>&gt; <br>&gt; Hope this post was not bothering anyone and will find a =
concrete response.<br>&gt; <br>&gt; Cheers.<br>&gt;
 Antonello<br><br><br>-----------------------------------------------------=
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