[erlang-questions] mnesia table-specific options

[Ulf Wiger]

It’s still progressing, although I can’t give any insights into when it might see the light of day.

BR,
Ulf

On 21 Apr 2014, at 18:01, Vance Shipley <vances@REDACTED> wrote:

> On Mon Dec 20 14:56:11 CET 2010, Ulf Wiger <ulf.wiger@REDACTED> wrote:
> } Some time ago, I introduced an 'external_copies' type in mnesia,
> } and this was used (with some modifications) by mnesiaex to provide
> } a TokyoCabinet back-end to mnesia. Thesis projects at Klarna have
> } played around with CouchDB backends etc.
> } 
> } I think that conceptually, it would seem good to keep the 
> } ram_copies, disc_copies and disc_only_copies, regardless of 
> } back-end, since they address higher-level access characteristics
> } (e.g. TokyoCabinet is, strictly speaking, also disc_only.)
> } 
> } A form of behaviour option could then be added that gives 
> } additional options - e.g. tuning parameters to InnoDB, dets, ets, 
> } or whatever back-end is being used.
> } 
> } Taking it one step further, it should be possible to specify a 
> } default behaviour for each copy type, and override per-table.
> 
> Has there been any progress on this concept?
> 
> I have been looking at alternative data structures for application
> specific use cases such as treaps and range trees.  I'd like to be
> able to use these without having to reinvent mnesia's distribution
> and transactions.
> 
> -- 
> 	-Vance
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