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What is RelStorage?
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RelStorage is a storage implementation for ZODB that stores pickles in
a relational database. PostgreSQL 9.0 and above, MySQL 5.0.32+ /
5.1.34+, and Oracle 10g and 11g are currently supported. RelStorage
replaced the PGStorage project.
Features
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* It is a drop-in replacement for FileStorage and ZEO.
* There is a simple way to convert FileStorage to RelStorage and back again.
You can also convert a RelStorage instance to a different relational database.
* Designed for high volume sites: multiple ZODB instances can share the same
database. This is similar to ZEO, but RelStorage does not require ZEO.
* According to some tests, RelStorage handles high concurrency better than
the standard combination of ZEO and FileStorage.
* Whereas FileStorage takes longer to start as the database grows due to an
in-memory index of all objects, RelStorage starts quickly regardless of
database size.
* Supports undo, packing, and filesystem-based ZODB blobs.
* Both history-preserving and history-free storage are available.
* Capable of failover to replicated SQL databases.
* :doc:`zodbconvert <zodbconvert>` utility to copy/transform
databases.
* :doc:`zodbpack <zodbpack>` utility to pack databases.
* :doc:`zodburi <zodburi>` support.
* Free, open source (ZPL 2.1)
See :doc:`the rest of the documentation <contents>` for more information.
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 2
contents
Development
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RelStorage is hosted at GitHub:
https://github.com/zodb/relstorage
Continuous integration
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A test suite is run for every push and pull request submitted. Travis
CI is used to test on Linux, and AppVeyor runs the builds on
Windows.
.. image:: https://travis-ci.org/zodb/relstorage.svg?branch=master
:target: https://travis-ci.org/zodb/relstorage
.. image:: https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/pccddlgujdoqvl83?svg=true
:target: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/jamadden/relstorage/branch/master
.. image:: https://readthedocs.org/projects/relstorage/badge/?version=latest
:target: http://relstorage.readthedocs.io/en/latest/?badge=latest
:alt: Documentation Status
Builds on Travis CI automatically submit updates to `coveralls.io`_ to
monitor test coverage.
.. image:: https://coveralls.io/repos/zodb/relstorage/badge.svg?branch=master&service=github
:target: https://coveralls.io/github/zodb/relstorage?branch=master
Likewise, builds on Travis CI will automatically submit updates to
`landscape.io`_ to monitor code health (adherence to PEP8, absence of
common code smells, etc).
.. image:: https://landscape.io/github/zodb/relstorage/master/landscape.svg?style=flat
:target: https://landscape.io/github/zodb/relstorage/master
:alt: Code Health
.. _coveralls.io: https://coveralls.io/github/zodb/relstorage
.. _landscape.io: https://landscape.io/github/zodb/relstorage
Project URLs
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* http://pypi.python.org/pypi/RelStorage (PyPI entry and downloads)
* http://shane.willowrise.com/ (blog)
Indices and tables
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* :ref:`genindex`
* :ref:`modindex`
* :ref:`search`