leveldb 是什么东东？

leveldb 

A fast and lightweight Key/Value database library by Google. (Leveldb是一个google实现的非常高效的kv数据库)

特点：

1、Keys and values are arbitrary byte arrays.

2、Data is stored sorted by key.

3、Callers can provide a custom comparison function to override the sort order.

4、The basic opteration are Put (key and value), Get (key), Delete (key). 

5 、Multiple changes can be made in one atomic batch.

6、Users can create a transient snapshot to get a consistent view of data

7、Forward and backward iteration is supported over the data

8、Data is automatically compressed using the Snappy compression library.

9、External activity is relayed through a virtual interface so users can customize the operatting system interations.

10、Detailed documentation about how to use the library is included with the source code.

局限性：

不是SQL数据库，没有关联数据模型，不支持索引和查询

单进程

参考网址：http://code.google.com/p/leveldb/