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This has been well understood since antiquity (in the CS world at least). Read Jim Gray's "The 5 minute rule" and the more recent papers that cite it. Most likely the access frequency of your objects is not such to demand them residing in L2.

Ultimately there's no need to use a commercial database either, as there are compelling open source alternatives, though if your needs are very specific, a commercial database may be your best tool.



> This has been well understood since antiquity (in the CS world at least).

Yes I believe it was first Cicero that pointed this out. Or perhaps even Aristotle. ;)




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