[dba-SQLServer] OK, I give up - was "John needs NoSQL"

That article starts by making valid observations and ends reading like a sensationalist PR piece promoting a specific product. I would have expected more from a publisher which is "serving chief information officers and other IT leaders".

- Hans


On 2011-10-16, at 11:41 AM, Martin Reid wrote:

> Had to read up on this as never heard of it.
> http://m.cio.com/article/690262/NoSQL_is_Eclipsing_the_Old_Time_RDBMS
> 
> I am running a four instance cluster with just over 2 million documents. SQL ser 2008 r2.  We use 30000 users and SQL server seems fine.
> 
> Martin
> 
> Sent from my Windows Phone
> ________________________________
> From: jwcolby
> Sent: 16/10/2011 13:30
> To: Discussion concerning MS SQL Server
> Subject: Re: [dba-SQLServer] OK, I give up - was "John needs NoSQL"
> 
> I can Google, and I do.  What I see is that they are not intended to solve the same problem set as
> SQL.  I have spent several hours now reading articles on what they do.
> 
> Are you saying that you actually use NOSQL?  If so why don't you discuss what kinds of problems you
> are solving with NOSQL.
> 
> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting
> 
> Reality is what refuses to go away
> when you do not believe in it
> 
> On 10/16/2011 2:08 AM, Hans-Christian Andersen wrote:
>> 
>> Hi John,
>> 
>> If you have any questions as to what NoSQL databases are, their history and/or what problems they are trying to solve, please do ask. I will be happy to explain.
>> 
>> - Hans
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