[erlang-questions] erlang/C embedded db suggestion

[Tomas Morstein]

I am not sure if it is what you're looking for, but if you need an embedded 
database for Erlang, I would suggest you this one:
  https://github.com/ztmr/egtm

EGTM is Erlang/OTP binding for FIS GT.M (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GT.M) 
implementation of the M-technology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUMPS).
The version published on GitHub is purely NIF-based. You can configure it 
so that it will start a few slave Erlang worker-nodes but due to Erlang RPC 
performance penalty, the single-node NIF is much more faster if you use it 
properly.
Also, GT.M itself has built-in multi-site (replication) support, with no 
dependency on Erlang stuff.
Another nice thing is that you can crunch your data directly in the M 
language if needed -- it can minimize the amount of NIF calls in some kinds 
of applications.

We are about to release a new EGTM version (we use it in production, but 
simply haven't merged it to the public repo) which also supports an I/O 
based data exchange between Erlang and M functions.

There is also IODB product which is an OOP extension of EGTM which allows 
you to map complex Erlang structures to GT.M globals (trees). But I guess 
that's not what you're looking for.

Feel free to contact me if interested in more details!
Tom


On Saturday, June 1, 2013 1:29:28 AM UTC+2, Radu Brumariu wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I have a project where an application reads bits from a database using a C 
> library and makes some decisions based on the data available there. At the 
> same time, the same database is periodically updated by an Erlang app.
>
> It is highly likely that both the C lib and the Erlang app would have the 
> library open at the same time, however the C lib would be read only, 
> whereas Erlang process would open it for write as well.
>
> Any suggestions on what the database might be ? Something like term 
> storage ( bdb ) would work for my needs, but bdb cannot be opened in 
> parallel. Same goes for LevelDB, KyotoCabinet. The only that I have found ( 
> so far ) is sqlite(but I don't need sql). I am thinking that an alternative 
> would be to have a raw file mmap-ped by the C library, but I would much 
> rather use something that has some primitives already built.
>
> Also, I am considering doing IPC via a unix/tcp socket with the Erlang 
> process, but I'd rather use a db/file ( provides natural fallback if the 
> process does not run, or other comm issues). 
>
> For the time being, the Erlang app and the C lib would be on the same box. 
>
> Thanks,
> Radu
>   
>
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