[dba-Tech] A No SQL database

I started to read this and was about to post  the link to APDB. Then I read the rest and saw 
that you had done so :-)

-- 
Stuart

On 3 Apr 2010 at 2:31, Jim Lawrence wrote:

> As database data becomes larger and more fragmented in it basic structure
> (if you want to call it a structure) here is a link to one of the new super
> NOSQL DBs used by many companies to manage this massive data. 
> 
> http://cassandra.apache.org
> 
> This type of database does not use indexes but rather nodes which can be
> described as object node (groups of related data). There are three things
> about it may scare many away from investigating further. It is Linux
> (Debian) based, Java coded band will require some manual labour, at command
> prompt and a paradigm shift in concept from the traditional RDBMS but for
> those brave adventures and those with huge complex sets of data and want to
> be able to retrieve data at incredible speeds, this is Royal Jelly. (This is
> the data engine behind such data giants as FaceBook.) 
> 
> Once you get by the above reality, it does have a nice graphic interface,
> much like MS SQL  
> 
> There is no difficulty in getting started with the product as it is
> OpenSourced and very stable... field tested extensively. The data model is
> almost unlimited in its potential size, complexity and scalability. 
> 
> So why would anyone switch when they are comfortable or at least resigned to
> their relation database? Here is a link on why people with huge data sets
> are switching (The article is not on Cassandra but a contemporary and very
> similar product called APDB but it will give you a very good overview of the
> new genre of data storage products):
> 
> http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Announcing-APDB-The-Worlds-Fastest-Database.
> aspx
> 
> Jim
> 
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