EVALUATION OF A READ-OPTIMIZED DATABASE FOR DYNAMIC WEB APPLICATIONS

Anderson Supriano, Gustavo M. D. Vieira, Luiz E. Buzato

2008

Abstract

In this paper we investigate the use of a specialized data warehousing database management system as a data back-end for web applications and assess the performance of this solution. We have used the Monet database as a drop-in replacement for traditional databases, and performed benchmarks comparing its performance to the performance of two of the most commonly used databases for web applications: MySQL and PostgreSQL. Our main contribution is to show for the first time how a read-optimized database performs in comparison to established general purpose database management systems for the domain of web applications. Monet’s performance in relation to MySQL and PostgresSQL allows us to affirm that the widely accepted assumption that relational database management systems are fit for all applications can be reconsidered in the case of dynamic web applications.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Supriano A., M. D. Vieira G. and E. Buzato L. (2008). EVALUATION OF A READ-OPTIMIZED DATABASE FOR DYNAMIC WEB APPLICATIONS . In Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST, ISBN 978-989-8111-26-5, pages 73-80. DOI: 10.5220/0001515900730080

in Bibtex Style

@conference{webist08,
author={Anderson Supriano and Gustavo M. D. Vieira and Luiz E. Buzato},
title={EVALUATION OF A READ-OPTIMIZED DATABASE FOR DYNAMIC WEB APPLICATIONS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST,},
year={2008},
pages={73-80},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001515900730080},
isbn={978-989-8111-26-5},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST,
TI - EVALUATION OF A READ-OPTIMIZED DATABASE FOR DYNAMIC WEB APPLICATIONS
SN - 978-989-8111-26-5
AU - Supriano A.
AU - M. D. Vieira G.
AU - E. Buzato L.
PY - 2008
SP - 73
EP - 80
DO - 10.5220/0001515900730080