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And from this email, copied with permission, here's why:

Here's the connection --

You are correct that as an embedded database, Perst is not an Enterprise
database such as Oracle or DB2 and is not likely to serve as the main
repository for a data warehouse or business intelligence system.

However, Perst's high performance, its minimal RAM and CPU footprint, and
its pure Java construction make it an important component in systems that
optimize and manage business intelligence, data warehousing and other
enterprise applications. Its job is typically that of managing metadata or
providing a real-time cache, and the open source Perst plays this role in at
least two high-profile commercial software packages that are critical to
business intelligence and data warehousing systems' success:

* GigaSpaces embeds Perst to provide persistence for applications that
are deployed and optimized using the company's highly scalable,
self-managing distributed solution. Perst's all-Java architecture was a good
fit to provide maximum portability across diverse enterprise platforms, and
to take advantage of advanced Java capabilities. (see
http://www.mcobject.com/pressroom.php?step=3&article=76)

* Wily Technology, a division of CA(NYSE: CA), uses Perst in its
industry enterprise application management solutions to store real-time
event data sent from remote agents, and to create a repository of
performance data, to enable analysis and optimization of enterprise
applications (including business intelligence and data warehousing). Wily
credits Perst with lending a 10-fold increase in data storage performance.
(see http://www.mcobject.com/pressroom.php?step=3&article=72).

(And really, on http://press.teleinteractive.net/oss under "Linkblog" in the
Databases section, you list BerkeleyDB and Firebird -- those aren't exactly
enterprise databases either - BerkeleyDB even bills itself as "The world's
most popular embeddable database engine").

Any chance of the open source Perst joining the open source DBMSs on that
list?

Ted Kenney
McObject
www.mcobject.com

From: Ted A Kenney
Subject: RE: TeleInterActive Network: Perst open source database
Date: 2007 June 6 09:29:36 PDT
To: Joseph A. di Paolantonio