Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of NifDB

Timestamp:

Apr 17, 2012, 10:16:13 AM (13 years ago)

Author:

manualwiki

Comment:

tiny changes in NifDB

NifDB

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-= Using the NIF database back-end =
+= Using the NIF database backend =
 
-Currently, the Mnesia based back-end is the default,
-therefore you have to specify a command line argument if you would like to use the NIF based back-end.
+Currently, the Mnesia based backend is the default,
+therefore you have to specify a command line argument if you would like to use the NIF based backend.
 
 After the system is installed, start !RefactorErl with
@@ -133 +133 @@
 will remain the same.
 
-= Comparison with the Mnesia back-end =
+= Comparison with the Mnesia backend =
 
-While the [[MnesiaDB|Mnesia]] back-end has been under development longer and can be expected to be more stable,
-it is much slower than the NIF based back-end;
+While the [[MnesiaDB|Mnesia]] backend has been under development longer and can be expected to be more stable,
+it is much slower than the NIF based backend;
 you can expect about an order of magnitude of speed-up.
-Also, the NIF back-end may require less storage.
-As an indication, loading ejabberd-2.1.8 (6.6 MB on disk) takes '''18323 sec''' and '''566 MB''' of RAM and '''66 MB''' of disk space, while the NIF back-end on the same machine takes '''458 sec''' and '''556 MB''' of RAM and '''52 MB''' of disk space.
+Also, the NIF backend may require less storage.
+As an indication, loading ejabberd-2.1.8 (6.6 MB on disk) takes '''18323 sec''' and '''566 MB''' of RAM and '''66 MB''' of disk space, while the NIF backend on the same machine takes '''458 sec''' and '''556 MB''' of RAM and '''52 MB''' of disk space.