[COUCHDB-913] Caching of BTree nodes and documents

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Skill Level: Regular Contributors Level (Easy to Medium)
• Assignee: Filipe David Borba Manana
• Reporter: Filipe David Borba Manana
• Created: 09/Oct/10 20:00
• Updated: 09/Dec/10 17:17
• Resolved: 05/Dec/10 11:01

Description

The following patch adds optional caching of BTree nodes (for both DBs and view indexes) and documents:

http://github.com/fdmanana/couchdb/commit/c6361d1e0d86942fc86350bea9ca1e8d7539c1b3

Look at the new parameters introduced in default.ini.tpl.in for more details.

This is based on the work initially done by Randall Leeds, found at:

http://github.com/tilgovi/couchdb/commits/forevercache

I'll not commit it before 1.1 nor without any feedback.
cheers