Thank you for your interest in VoltDB!
This program is free software distributed under the terms of the
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regards to the use and redistribution of VoltDB software.
What is VoltDB?
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VoltDB is a horizontally-scalable, in-memory SQL RDBMS designed for
applications that have extremely high read and write throughput
requirements.
Getting Started
===============
If you have installed VoltDB from the distribution kit, you now have
a directory containing this README file and several subdirectories,
including:
bin - Scripts for starting VoltDB, the export client, catalog
compiler, and SQL command tool
doc - Using VoltDB guide, Management guide, tutorials, java-doc
examples - sample programs demonstrating the use of VoltDB
lib - Third party libraries
tools - SQLCmd tool, Web dashboard, project generator, XML schemas
voltdb - the VoltDB software itself
The easiest way to get started using VoltDB is to try building and
running one or more of the sample programs. Read examples/README for
instructions.
There is also a tutorial online, as well as a _Getting Started with
VoltDB_ document available:
http://voltdb.com/docs/tutorial/
http://voltdb.com/docs/GettingStarted/
Additional documentation on using VoltDB to build high performance
applications is available from the VoltDB community site:
http://voltdb.com/docs/
Feedback
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If you have any questions or comments about VoltDB, we encourage you
to post and discuss your feedback in the forums available online at:
http://community.voltdb.com/forum/