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Drizzle

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A Lightweight SQL Database for Cloud and Web

http://www.drizzle.org

#drizzle on FreeNode

Drizzle is a community-driven open source project that is forked from the popular MySQL database.

The Drizzle team has removed non-essential code, re-factored the remaining code and modernized the code base moving to C++.

Charter

* A database optimized for Cloud infrastructure and Web applications

* Design for massive concurrency on modern multi-cpu architecture

* Optimize memory for increased performance and parallelism

* Open source, open community, open design

Scope

* Re-designed modular architecture providing plugins with defined APIs

* Simple design for ease of use and administration

* Reliable, ACID transactional

The most current information is on the wiki, but are some essential links

and notes for getting started.