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This introductory chapter explains the importance of in-memory databases and the problems they address. It provides an overview of the Microsoft In-Memory OLTP implementation (code name Hekaton) and its design goals. Finally, this chapter discusses the high-level architecture of the In-Memory OLTP Engine and how it is integrated into SQL Server.
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Korotkevitch, D. (2015). Why In-Memory OLTP?. In: Expert SQL Server In-Memory OLTP. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-1136-6_1
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