1Oracle Berkeley DB is a family of open source embeddable databases 2that allows developers to incorporate within their applications a 3fast, scalable, transactional database engine with industrial grade 4reliability and availability. As a result, customers and end-users 5will experience an application that simply works, reliably manages 6data, can scale under extreme load, but requires no ongoing database 7administration. As a developer, you can focus on your application and 8be confident that Oracle Berkeley DB will manage your persistence 9needs. 10