<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns:MadCap="http://www.madcapsoftware.com/Schemas/MadCap.xsd" MadCap:lastBlockDepth="2" MadCap:lastHeight="120" MadCap:lastWidth="624" MadCap:disableMasterStylesheet="true" MadCap:tocPath="Tuning|Main Operations Performance|Delete Performance" MadCap:InPreviewMode="false" MadCap:RuntimeFileType="Topic" MadCap:TargetType="WebHelp" MadCap:PathToHelpSystem="../../../../" MadCap:HelpSystemFileName="index.xml" MadCap:SearchType="Stem"> <head><title>Storage Characteristics </title> <script type="text/javascript">/* <![CDATA[ */ window.onload = function(){ var pathToFlash = $('html').attr('MadCap:PathToHelpSystem') + 'Content/Resources/Code/ZeroClipboard.swf'; ZeroClipboard.setMoviePath(pathToFlash); function bindToClipBord(element,content){ var clip = new ZeroClipboard.Client(); clip.setText(content); clip.glue(element); }; if(location.protocol==='file:'){ $('.copylink-marker').remove(); } else{ $('.copylink-marker').each(function(){ var text = $(this).parent().parent().children('.prettyprint').html(); $(this).hover(function(){ bindToClipBord(this,text); }, function(){}); }); } prettyPrint(); }; /* ]]> */</script> <link href="../../../SkinSupport/MadCap.css" rel="stylesheet" /> <link href="../../../Resources/Stylesheets/OnlineStyle.css" rel="stylesheet" /> <script src="../../../Resources/Code/prettify.js"> </script> <script src="../../../Resources/Code/lang-vb.js"> </script> <script src="../../../Resources/Code/jquery.min.js"> </script> <script src="../../../Resources/Code/ZeroClipboard.js"> </script> <script src="../../../SkinSupport/MadCapAll.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> </head> <body> <p class="MCWebHelpFramesetLink" style="display: none;"><a href="../../../../index_CSH.html#tuning/main_operations_performance/delete_performance/storage_characteristics.htm" style="">Open topic with navigation</a> </p> <div class="MCBreadcrumbsBox"><span class="MCBreadcrumbsPrefix">You are here: </span><a class="MCBreadcrumbsLink" href="../../../tuning.htm">Tuning</a><span class="MCBreadcrumbsDivider"> > </span><a class="MCBreadcrumbsLink" href="../../main_operations_performance.htm">Main Operations Performance</a><span class="MCBreadcrumbsDivider"> > </span><a class="MCBreadcrumbsLink" href="../delete_performance.htm">Delete Performance</a><span class="MCBreadcrumbsDivider"> > </span><span class="MCBreadcrumbs">Storage Characteristics</span> </div> <p> <script type="text/javascript">/*<![CDATA[*/document.write('<a href="' + location.href +'">'); document.write("Direct Link"); document.write('</a>');/*]]>*/</script> </p> <p> </p> <h1>Storage Characteristics</h1> <p> </p> <p>As any other db4o operation delete is dependent on the performance of a storage location. This can be easily compared with a database stored on a hard drive and in RAM:</p> <p MadCap:conditions="Global.Primary:java" /> <p><i>Delete test: RAM disk</i> </p> <p><i>Store 90000 objects: 5973ms</i> </p> <p><i>Deleting 1 object of depth 3 on a RAM drive:</i> </p> <p><i>Deleted all objects: 5249ms</i> </p> <p><i>Delete test: hard drive</i> </p> <p><i>Store 90000 objects: 5043ms</i> </p> <p><i>Deleting 1 object of depth 3 on a hard drive:</i> </p> <p><i>Deleted all objects: 7475ms</i> </p> <p>The general rule is: the faster the drive is the better is the performance.</p> <p MadCap:conditions="Primary.Online">Download example code:</p> <p MadCap:conditions="Primary.Online"> <MadCap:conditionalText MadCap:conditions="Primary..NET,Primary.c#,Primary.All languages"><a href="../performancecs.zip">c# </a> </MadCap:conditionalText> </p> <script type="text/javascript" src="../../../SkinSupport/MadCapBodyEnd.js"> </script> </body> </html>