Research platform deployment about multibit-merchant

[gary-rowe]

Researched VoltDB. It is a NewSQL database that refutes many myths about SQL databases being unable to perform at scale. By limiting how queries are made it introduces serious performance and scaling improvements.

However, at this stage of MBM's life, VoltDB is aiming too high.

Supporting articles
High Scalability (2010)
VoltDB Features

[gary-rowe]

Research HSQLDB. It is a standard SQL DB. Among its many advantages see this Tech FAQ article:

• Written in Java with strong JDBC support
• Small, fast, in-memory and on-disk
• Embedded or server providing a scaling path
• Stable and reliable
• Built-in web-based management tools
• Widely used and well-documented in the Open Source community under a BSD license
• Free to use and I'm very familiar with it

So the decision is made: HSQLDB it is.