It's not just you. But I think that's the whole idea. It's about fooling people. And I think some of the profits will be flowing back to Oracle, though that is not stated upfront.
The marketing power of the acronym "SQL" should not be underestimated.
But that's only a query language. Not a db architecture.
Let's see the source code. That's the only way to verify the approach that is being taken.
Given the source the first thing I'd do is search for "mmap".
They already get one demerit for using a row store.
But that's only a query language. Not a db architecture.
Let's see the source code. That's the only way to verify the approach that is being taken.
Given the source the first thing I'd do is search for "mmap".
They already get one demerit for using a row store.
And another for disk access.
SnakeOilSQL.