VoltDB announces VoltDB Version 2.0

BILLERICA, USA: VoltDB, provider of relational database systems has announced the availability of VoltDB version 2.0.

VoltDB is a distributed, in-memory database specifically designed for modern software applications that are pushed beyond their limits by high volume data sources.

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VoltDB version 2.0 includes new features for database durability and recovery; it includes key performance and interoperability improvements; and it provides many enhancements geared at helping developers learn to use VoltDB, said a press release.

"Our customers and open source community users rely on VoltDB to manage high velocity transactional workloads and perform real-time analytics," said VoltDB CEO Scott Jarr.

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Jarr added, "Organizations turn to VoltDB for applications requiring blazing throughput, linear scale and flawless fault tolerance. VoltDB 2.0 adds important developer productivity features and allows organizations to deploy applications that deliver enterprise-grade recoverability in the presence of severe system failures."

According to the release, the VoltDB database is ideal for developers of digital ad serving, gaming, financial trading, telecommunications and other applications requiring high throughput database operations.

These systems place tremendous demands on database scalability while requiring 100 percent data consistency and real-time analytics.

VoltDB 2.0 enhancements include Durability and recovery, Query performance optimizations, Database interoperability, JDBC support and VoltDB Studio.