| author | Alberto Bertogli
<albertito@gmail.com> 2007-07-24 05:23:01 UTC |
| committer | Alberto Bertogli
<albertito@gmail.com> 2007-07-24 05:23:01 UTC |
| parent | 4c8503d8d396d6971e2d302f2fb88023406abe0b |
| README | +2 | -2 |
| doc/guide.rst | +4 | -3 |
| nmdb/nmdb.1 | +2 | -2 |
diff --git a/README b/README index 7095172..e6ef667 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ nmdb - A multiprotocol network database manager Alberto Bertogli (albertito@gmail.com) --------------------------------------------------- -nmdb is a network database that can use several protocols to communicate with -it's clients. At the moment, it supports TIPC, TCP and UDP. +nmdb is a network database that can use different protocols to communicate +with its clients. At the moment, it supports TIPC, TCP and UDP. It consists of an in-memory cache, that saves (key, value) pairs, and a persistent backend that stores the pairs on disk. diff --git a/doc/guide.rst b/doc/guide.rst index cc10dac..1100af2 100644 --- a/doc/guide.rst +++ b/doc/guide.rst @@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ nmdb User Guide Introduction ============ -nmdb_ is a simple and fast cache and database for TIPC_, TCP and UDP clusters. -It allows applications in the cluster to use a centralized, shared cache and +nmdb_ is a simple and fast cache and database for controlled networks. +It allows applications in the network to use a centralized, shared cache and database in a very easy way. It stores *(key, value)* pairs, with each key -having only one associated value. +having only one associated value. At the moment, it supports the TIPC_, TCP +and UDP protocols. This document explains how to setup nmdb and a simple guide to writing clients. It also includes a "quick start" section for the anxious. diff --git a/nmdb/nmdb.1 b/nmdb/nmdb.1 index 5ee767b..c33e98b 100644 --- a/nmdb/nmdb.1 +++ b/nmdb/nmdb.1 @@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ nmdb [-d dbpath] [-l lower] [-L upper] [-t tcpport] [-T tcpaddr] [-u udpport] [-U udpaddr] [-c nobj] [-f] [-p] [-h] .SH DESCRIPTION -nmdb is a network database that can use several protocols to communicate with -it's clients. At the moment, it supports TIPC, TCP and UDP. +nmdb is a network database that can use different protocols to communicate +with its clients. At the moment, it supports TIPC, TCP and UDP. It can also be used as a generic caching system (pretty much like memcached), because it has a very fast cache that can be used without impacting on the