Techniques for in-memory data searching

A computing node, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable medium coupled to the one or more processors, the non-transitory computer readable medium comprising code that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing node to:
• store a portion of a block-based table, the block-based table comprising data blocks that collectively represent a data set, each data block being associated with a key and value corresponding to the key;
• receive, by a search processing module executed by a virtual machine hosted by the computing node, a search request including the key;
• provide, by the search processing module, the key to a block-based table manager, the block-based table manager being executed by the computing node in an execution environment outside of the virtual machine, the search processing module interacting with the block-based table manager utilizing a programming interface configured at least to enable modules executing within a separate virtual machine to access functionality external to the separate virtual machine, wherein providing the key to the block-based table manager causes the block-based table manager to conduct a search for its corresponding value;
• receive, by the search processing module, a value corresponding to the key from the block-based table manager;
• and
• provide, by the search processing module, the value in response to the search request.