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In-Memory Databases for Voice and Data Networks

Table of Contents:
Definition and Overview
1. Voice and Data Networks' Real-Time Data Management Demands
2. In-Memory Data Management Systems Built in House
3. Commercial Disk-Based Databases: Benefits and Limitations
4. Commercial In-Memory Databases: A New Alternative
5. Application Profiles
6. Industry Trends
7. Conclusion
Self-Test
Glossary
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Self-Test
1. Which of the following is a key characteristic of commercial in-memory databases?
a. focused capabilities
b. integration difficulties
c. industry-standard interfaces
d. lack of commercial testing
2. Conventional relational database and object-oriented database management systems are typically disk optimized.
a. true
b. false
3. The customization process is more cost effective in proprietary systems than in in-memory databases.
a. true
b. false
4. Faster microprocessors determine how efficiently information is captured, moved, indexed, and analyzed.
a. true
b. false
5. Fiber/coax systems are the access media used by the vast majority of individual residential users.
a. true
b. false
6. Commercial in-memory databases may be considered a conventional relational database with an SQL interface.
a. true
b. false
7. Wireless Internet has two origins: satellite systems and cellular.
a. integration capabilities
b. scalability
c. microprocessors
d. customer-care functions
8. What is an SCP?
a. a specialized network managing advanced features for mobile and land-line services
b. a data-intensive network element that enables the deployment of new personalized services
c. an in-memory database
d. a centralized processing control center
9. What is an IP call agent?
a. a specialized network managing advanced features for mobile and land-line services
b. a data-intensive network element that enables the deployment of new personalized services
c. an in-memory database
d. a centralized processing control center
10. In-memory databases are equipped to take advantage of which computing systems?
a. 64-bit
b. 56-bit
c. 36.6-bit
d. 28.8-bit
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