such as main memory databases although the preferred embodiment has been described in detail it should be understood that various changes substitutions and alterations can be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims turning to fig1 an overall flow diagram of a database acceleration a accomplished in connection with the subject system is disclosed the basic flow commences at start block 10 from which progress is made to block 12 at which point the database request is received by the master database system a determination is made at decision block 14 to determine whether the request is an information retrieval request read operation or information storage request write operation this determination is suitably accomplished by analysis of database requests or other suitable criteria as dictated by the particular acceleration application a write determination at decision block 14 causes progress to block 16 at this point the defined u201c trigger u201d application logic is invoked to duplicate the write operation to both the local master data storage and the remote slave data storage flow progresses back to block 14 to determine whether a subsequent request meets the above test as noted above a read determination at decision block 14 causes progression to block 18 at this point a database request is determined to be a local request or a remote request a local determination at decision block 18 causes progress to block 20 at this point the default master database behavior is invoked to retrieve the requested information a remote determination at decision block 18 causes progression to block 22.