Max Wanadoo
max.wanadoo at gmail.com
Fri Apr 9 14:05:31 CDT 2010
Yawcam Let me know if you want to link up. Max -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 11:43 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [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 > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com