Big Data in Memory

Storing data in custom binary format can significantly reduce storage and increase performance.

This is in particular visible with managed VM languages, like Java (48 Bytes for string "ABC" !!!)

With availability of large-memory computers, big data could fit in memory of a single machine...

Java for Low Latency - You’ve Got to Be Joking!
by John Davies

Big Data in Memory @ InfoQ
by John Davies

Big Data in Memory @ SlidesShare





Gartner's 19 In-memory Databases for Big Data Analytics