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Upgrading to VoltDB V1.3

April 12th, 2011 in VoltDB Products
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VoltDB V1.3 contains a number of new features, as well as changes and enhancements to existing features. In some cases, these enhancements involve changes to the behavior or the interface that existing users need to be aware of. The purpose of this article is to identify compatibility issues when upgrading from version 1.2 to 1.3 of VoltDB and explain how to plan accordingly.

Summary of New Features

Version 1.3 introduces several important new features and improvements to the VoltDB product, including:

  • Admin Mode — Admin mode allows operators to “pause” a database, stopping client activity, while sensitive administrative tasks are

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Documenting Open Source Software

December 3rd, 2010 in Best Practices
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Someone asked what we use to produce the documentation for VoltDB. The simple answer is DocBook.

DocBook is an XML schema for structured documentation. Originally designed for UNIX-based hardware and software documentation, DocBook is generalized enough for most technical documentation purposes. The advantages to DocBook are that it is a standard, well-documented format (Docbook is part of the OASIS standards) and there are processors for both hardcopy and online output, as well as translators to other formats.

But DocBook is only a format; it isn’t a set of tools. So the more complicated answer to the original question is that … Read more