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The NoSQL Ecosystem

Posted by kdawson on from the no-relation dept.

abartels writes 'Unprecedented data volumes are driving businesses to look at alternatives to the traditional relational database technology that has served us well for over thirty years. Collectively, these alternatives have become known as NoSQL databases. The fundamental problem is that relational databases cannot handle many modern workloads. There are three specific problem areas: scaling out to data sets like Digg's (3 TB for green badges) or Facebook's (50 TB for inbox search) or eBay's (2 PB overall); per-server performance; and rigid schema design.'

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  1. Why worry? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft Access is here!

    1. Re:Why worry? by MichaelSmith · · Score: 4, Funny

      Don't forget excel!

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    2. Re:Why worry? by Manos_Of_Fate · · Score: 4, Funny

      Because there's no "scary because it's true" mod.

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  2. Re:bad design by bennomatic · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm a terabyte sized binary blob, you insensitive clod!

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  3. Re:bad design by socceroos · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ever heard of bloom filters? Sharding? Indexes?

    Don't forget flux capacitors, FTL drives and crossfading splicers.

  4. Re:bad design by ErikTheRed · · Score: 4, Funny

    So... every time I open my inbox in Facebook, it has to search through 50TB of data? That sounds like a design problem. What has always floored me is why people think everything needs to be stuffed into a database. Terabyte sized binary blobs? You know, there's a certain point where people need to stop and actually think about the implimentation.

    Could be worse. They could try to find something on my desk.

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