Tag: VoltDB
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How will the DB incumbents respond to NoSQL and NewSQL?
The 451 Group recently released a report about “How will the database incumbents respond to NoSQL and NewSQL?” Unfortunately it’s only available to their subscribers, so I can’t get the details… anyway – they followed up with a blog post What we talk about when we talk about NewSQL, which includes a pretty complete list of companies and technologies that we have to watch outside the established RDBMS vendors.… Continued
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Quick VoltDB Update
451 was quick to note that VoltDB raised $5m in first round funding from undisclosed investors. Should get them further on their way to (more?) production deployments. They’ve also recently released version 1.1 with “features that enhance performance, integration and ease of production deployment”.… Continued
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The End of an Architectural Era
Chen Shapira takes a look at Mike Stonebraker’s 2007 paper The End of an Architectural Era about HStore, his modern implementation of an OLTP database system. Her article It’s the End of the World As We Know It (NoSQL Edition) is a good write-up and analysis for those (such as me) who don’t have time to read and digest the full paper.… Continued
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SQL Urban Myths and VoltDB
SQL legend Mike Stonebraker gave a session on SQL Urban Myths, and how VoltDB works around them. Todd Hoff then took the arguments and described, analyzed and commented on them on great detail. Excellent read for anybody interested in SQL DBs and their future!… Continued
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VoltDB – DIY In-Memory OLTP
Merv Adrian writes about VoltDB, who recently announced more about what they’re doing, in VoltDB – DIY OLTP. Open Source. Win. VoltDB runs completely in memory, scales on multiple nodes, but only supports a limited set of ANSI SQL. Any missing functions can be added through a fast Java API, hence DIY.… Continued