(a) What have you observed to be the fastest Load operation? [X] Main-memory Load. [ ] MapDB Load (b) Why do you think that load operation was faster? Main memory is higher/faster on the memory hiearchy than disk. (c) What have you observed to be the fastest Select operation? [ ] File Select [X] Main-memory Select. [ ] MapDB Select (d) Why do you think that select operation was faster? Main memory is higher/faster on the memory hiearchy than disk. (e) What are the benefits of using the embedded database as backend compare to the in- memory storage? Much more storage is available on disk via the embedded database than in main memory.