Releasing KingDB v0.9.0

[KingDB]

Hello,

I am pleased to announce the release of the very first version of KingDB.

Go to http://kingdb.org to find the source code, documentation and benchmarks.

KingDB is interesting for many reasons:

- Fast for heavy write workloads and random reads.
- The architecture, code, and data format are simple.
- Multipart API to read and write large entries in smaller parts.
- Multiple threads can access the same database safely.
- Crash-proof: nothing ever gets overwritten.
- Iterators and read-only consistent snapshots.
- Compaction happens in a background thread, and does not block reads or writes.
- The data format allows hot backups to be made.
- Covered by unit tests.

Version 0.9.0 is still alpha code, therefore even if KingDB has many unit tests that ensure the stability of its core components, make sure you run tests in your own environment before using KingDB in production. New features and optimizations will come along the way.

Cheers!

Emmanuel