The MongoDB 4.0 release introduced multi-document transactions to the popular open source NoSQL DB. The lack of a transactional capability has been a key limiting factor in MongoDB uptake, so it’s not ...

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The introduction of transactions in MongoDB 4.0 represents possibly the most significant change in MongoDB's architecture since its original release. The lack of a transactional capability previously ...

The Berkeley DB library provides a solid implementation of both the B-Tree and Hash file structures. The implementation includes support for transactions, concurrent access of database files from ...

In an interview with Colin Barker last month, Eliot Horowitz, MongoDB's CTO, said his goal in creating the platform was to make it the database that just gets out of developers' ways. Not surprisingly ...

MongoDB is finally getting support for multi-document ACID (atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability) transactions. That’s something the MongoDB community has been asking for for years and ...

Databases were traditionally highly specialized data stores that were designed for specific tasks and until recently, they've been getting even more specialized. Recall data warehouses? Somebody once ...