Writing WiredTiger applications

This section covers topics of interest for programmers writing WiredTiger applications:

Using the API

• Getting Started with the API
• Configuration Strings
• Cursors
• Transactions
• Error handling
• Name spaces

Storage options

• Schema, Columns, Column Groups, Indices and Projections
• Log-Structured Merge Trees
• File formats and compression
• Bulk-load
• Compressors

Deployment considerations

• Cache configuration
• Checkpoints
• Compaction
• Hot backup
• Statistics
• Multithreading
• Performance Tuning

Extending WiredTiger

• Custom Data Sources
• WiredTiger Helium support

Administering a WiredTiger database

• Database Home Directory
• Database Configuration
• Security
• Signal handling