I published an SQLite3 storage back-end to NIST::NVD on the CPAN. It’s pretty quick. About as fast as the DB_File one, but without the down side of being tied to DB_File. It shouldn’t be too difficult to re-factor this code to any DBI-based database. MariaDB anyone?
I know it works on Debian. The nightly CPAN test results should come back shortly and I’ll find out how well it works on other platforms.
Have you considered a DBIx::Class backend/schema? That would get you cross-DB compatibility for free.
Patches welcome. :)
I have considered it. I could use some help, though!