Any faster way than a db file to store and retrieve hashes ?

[Nigel Hamilton]

> sorry about that. So here a more detailed question.
>
> I have a hash table with roughly 1 millions keys. I am looking for
> the fastest way to store and retrieve this hash. After retrieval
> the hash should remain a normal perl hash and not be tied to anything.
>
> What's the best way to do this ? Is it Storable ?
>

Maybe consider using Memcached? .... you can store your hash in RAM on one 
machine and come the day your memory requirements exceed one machine you 
can distribute it.

Nige