It is important to understand some fundamental database concepts, and relate these to specific elements or characteristics of eXtremeDB. Even developers experienced with database management systems are encouraged to read this section for a full understanding of eXtremeDB and its positioning with respect to other database products.
| Definitions | Basic terms used throughout the eXtremeDB documentation |
| Database Models | The Hierarchical, Network, Relational and Object-Oriented Database models |
| Embedded and Client/Server Database Management | Embedded eXtremeDB as opposed to Client-Server Database Management |
| Cross-platform Database Application Development | Cross-platform development with eXtremeDB |
| Data Definition Language, Database Schema and DDL Compiler | The eXtremeDB DDL and mcocomp schema compiler |
| Database Storage | Comparison of In-Memory vs. Persistent Database Storage |
| Concurrency Control and Transactions | How the eXtremeDB transaction managers control multi-threaded and multi-process database access |
| Indexes | The various specialized eXtremeDB indexes |
| Native Language and SQL APIs | The eXtremeDB supported programming APIs; building eXtremeDB applications with the development environment of your choice |
| eXtremeDB as a Client/Server Development Tool | Using eXtremeDB and eXtremeSQL to develop Client/Server applications |
| eXtremeDB Distributed Database Topologies | The Distributed Database solutions offered by eXtremeDB High Availability, eXtremeDB Cluster and sharding with eXtremeSQL |
Our perspective on database systems is from the standpoint of embedded and low-latency systems with the objective of providing a highly efficient storage solution. It is also important to provide a highly productive database development tool for application developers, which makes use of modern programming techniques. Please view pages Getting Started with eXtremeDB to get up and running quickly, and Building and Running SDK Samples to understand the steps to building eXtremeDB applications with supported programming language APIs.