Data Management

This is the manual for older MicroStream versions (Version < 5.0).

The new documentation (Version >= 5.0) is located at:

https://docs.microstream.one/

Where is the data of my database located

MicroStream connects your application's entity graph residing in memory to a physical form of data (i.e. persistent data) to/from which entity data is stored/loaded as required.

What if my database is really big?

MicroStream uses the common concept of "Lazy Loading", allowing you to define which parts of your data (entity sub-graphs) are loaded only when required instead of eagerly at startup. A few well-placed lazy references in your entity model make your application load only a tiny bit of "head" entities at startup time and load everything else later on demand. This allows the handling of arbitrarily big databases with relatively small memory requirements.