diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 753034ba..df7e67c8 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -191,8 +191,7 @@ and [CoW](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copy-on-write). - Append operation for efficient bulk insertion of pre-sorted data. -- No [WAL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Write-ahead_logging) nor any -transaction journal. No crash recovery needed. No maintenance is required. +- No [WAL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Write-ahead_logging) nor any transaction journal. No crash recovery needed. No maintenance is required. - No internal cache and/or memory management, all done by basic OS services. @@ -264,7 +263,11 @@ the user's point of view. > and up to 30% faster when _libmdbx_ compiled with specific build options > which downgrades several runtime checks to be match with LMDB behaviour. > - > These and other results could be easily reproduced with [ioArena](https://abf.io/erthink/ioarena) just by `make bench-quartet` command, + > However, libmdbx may be slower than LMDB on Windows, since uses native file locking API. + > These locks are really slow, but they prevent an inconsistent backup from being obtained by copying the DB file during an ongoing write transaction. + > So I think this is the right decision, and for speed, it's better to use Linux, or ask Microsoft to fix up file locks. + > + > Noted above and other results could be easily reproduced with [ioArena](https://abf.io/erthink/ioarena) just by `make bench-quartet` command, > including comparisons with [RockDB](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RocksDB) > and [WiredTiger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WiredTiger).