Databases

Amazon Redshift : Avoid data redistribution

Amazon Redshift : Avoid data redistribution

When using Amazon Redshift, distribution style plays an important role in optimising the table …

Goodbye Splunk, Hello Amazon Elasticsearch Service

Goodbye Splunk, Hello Amazon Elasticsearch Service

Amazon today announced Amazon Elasticsearch Service (Amazon ES) - a fully managed Elasticsearch …

Rethinking the database with drop-in replacements

Rethinking the database with drop-in replacements

We are observing a new era in database technology space, drop-in replacements with order of …

DynamoDB or Aurora

DynamoDB or Aurora

Aurora is a new offering from Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS). It is advertised as drop-in …

Multimodel Database or Polyglot Persistence

Multimodel Database or Polyglot Persistence

In a recent InfoWorld article, FoundationDB’s Stephen Pimentel explained the rise of the …

Traditional Ways To Solve Scalability Problems With RDBMS

Traditional Ways To Solve Scalability Problems With RDBMS

Notes plus thoughts from my recent read Cassandra: The Definitive Guide. Common ways to solve …