NexusDB V3 Manual

Record Engine

NexusDB V2 comes with a number of Record Engines, that store data in a slightly different way each.

In the current version you have three engines to choose from:

nx1xDefault

Same as the Static engine; the name was used in version 1.

Static

This is a an optimized record engine that stores uncompressed record buffers in the static original length. It is the fastest engine.

Variable

The variable record engine is storing variable length record buffers. It only stores a single bit to indicate NULL values, and only stores as much as needed to represent the actual value in variable length fields (strings etc). This engine will keep the file size to a minimum as more records can be saved in each block.

If you leave this combo box empty, the nx1xDefault engine will be used implicitly.