Dries-B

This involves some computer magic, but have you tried mapping/caching the database on your RAM? Related questions on [Unix & Linux](https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/6593/force-directory-to-always-be-in-cache), [serverfault](https://serverfault.com/questions/43383/caching-preloading-files-on-linux-into-ram) and [Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14857135/retain-a-data-in-the-ram-while-allowing-other-process-to-access-it-in-linux-c). I haven't tried this myself,...