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How Fog Creek Software Made Kiln's Search 1000x Faster with Elasticsearch

ElasticSearch is an open source, distributed, real-time search and analytics engine. This is the story of how Elasticsearch helped Fog Creek Software make Kiln’s Search 1000x faster.

Kevin Gessner
on Sep 11, 2013
Database Versioning and Delivery with Upgrade Scripts

Konrad Lukasik provides practical advice on versioning and preparing a database for delivery using upgrade scripts. The article is based on experiences from enterprise environment and includes accompanying scripts and table definitions.

Konrad Lukasik
on Aug 23, 2013
How to Provide SQL Access to NoSQL Type Data using Multi-Record Type

In this article, author Randal Hoff shows how to use Multi-Record Type pattern to provide both NoSQL and SQL access to c-treeACE data that combines multiple schemas in a single table.

Randal Hoff
on Jul 25, 2013
Building Scalable Applications in .NET: Introducing the FatDB Distributed Computing Platform

Justin Weiler introduces FatDB, a NoSQL DB and a distributed platform built on Mission Oriented Architecture meant to abstract and generalize the essential characteristics of enterprise applications.

Justin Weiler
on Jul 22, 2013
Exploring the Architecture of the NuoDB Database, Part 2

In Part 2 of this article the author takes a look at how the transaction system is implemented, the role of the administrative layer, how all components work together and what to expect in the future.

Seth Proctor
on Jul 17, 2013
Exploring the Architecture of the NuoDB Database, Part 1

In Part 1 of this article the author introduces NuoDB and covers some of its main features: 3-tiered architecture, nodes are equal peers, Atoms - the fundamental data unit, and the versioning and concurrency system used to handle data update conflicts and implement consistency.

Seth Proctor
on Jul 12, 2013
Spoilt for Choice – How to choose the right Big Data / Hadoop Platform?

In his new article Kai Wähner compares several alternatives for installing a version of Hadoop and realizing big data processes. He compares distributions and tooling from Apache and many other vendors including Cloudera, HortonWorks, MapR, Amazon, IBM, Oracle, Microsoft. He additionally describes pros and cons of every distribution and provides a decision tree for choosing a most appropriate one.

Kai Wähner
on Jul 09, 2013
Apache MetaModel – Providing Uniform Data Access Across Various Data Stores

MetaModel - an Apache Incubator project – is a Java library used to browse, query and update various types of data stores including traditional SQL databases, unusual stores such as CSV or Excel, or the more modern NoSQL stores in a uniform and programmatic way.

Kasper Sørensen
on Jul 03, 2013
Cassandra Mythology

In this article, author Jonathan Ellis addresses the concerns of using Apache Cassandra NoSQL database, in terms of architecture, deployment and configuration, performance, query language (CQL), and database maturity.

Jonathan Ellis
on Jun 26, 2013
Jepsen: Testing the Partition Tolerance of PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB and Riak

Distributed systems are characterized by exchanging state over high-latency or unreliable links. The system must be robust to both node and network failure if it is to operate reliably--however, not all systems satisfy the safety invariants we'd like. In this article, we'll explore some of the design considerations of distributed databases, and how they respond to network partitions.

Kyle Kingsbury
on Jun 20, 2013
Graph Databases - Book Review and Interview

"Graph Databases" book covers the Graph based NoSQL database technology and different options available for storing "Connected Data" in the real world applications. InfoQ spoke with co-authors Ian Robinson and Jim Webber about the book, role of Graph Databases in the NoSQL database space, and what’s coming up in the Graph Databases.

Srini Penchikala
on Jun 07, 2013
Mike Barlow on Real-Time Big Data Analytics

"Real-Time Big Data Analytics: Emerging Architecture" white paper authored by Mike Barlow covers big data analytics topic and how real-time big data analytics (RTBDA) are different from traditional analytics. InfoQ spoke with Mike about the current state of real-time big data analytics and the emerging trends in the Big Data space like Decision Science.

Srini Penchikala
on Jun 01, 2013