1. A reservation management information processing system, comprising: at least one processing node comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the at least one processing node further comprises a set of reservation processing and transaction modules that manage and process reservation requests and inquiries; at least one general purpose database communicatively coupled to the at least one processing node, wherein the at least one general purpose database comprises a set of pre-allocated tables of fixed length records; and at least one persistent storage device communicatively coupled to the at least one processing node, wherein the general purpose database persistently stores the set of pre-allocated tables of fixed length records on the at least one persistent storage device.