MonetDB Query Processing at Light Speed
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MonetDB is a open-source database system for high-performance applications in data mining, OLAP, GIS, XML Query, text and multimedia retrieval. MonetDB often achieves a 10-fold raw speed improvement for SQL and XQuery over competitor RDBMSs. Use of the product stands as your roadmap for exploration. MonetDB achieves its goal by innovations at all layers of a DBMS, e.g. a storage model based on vertical fragmentation, a modern CPU-tuned query execution architecture, automatic and self-tuning indexes, run-time query optimization, and a modular software architecture. In-depth information on the technical innovations in the design and implementation of MonetDB can be found in our science library. This has been added to Data Mining Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.