# Full Materialization

> Loading an entire dataset into memory at once when streaming or chunking would suffice, risking exhaustion.

Record: `lexicon:full-materialization`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Performance Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/performance-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-full-materialization

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Fixed-Capacity Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/fixed-capacity-design.md) and before [Global Shared State](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/global-shared-state.md).

## Category

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/scalability-performance-optimization.md)

## Negated by

- [Memory Efficiency](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/memory-efficiency.md)

## Linked from

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-scalability-performance-optimization.md)