NoSQL, NewSQL, or RDBMS-How To Choose
When should you choose a NoSQL or NewSQL option versus a conventional relational database management system? Here are 10 telltale traits that will help you make the right choice.
Today's databases are not only expected to be flexible enough to handle ...
15 important case studies on Big Data
Are you passionate about data science, engineering, or analytics? Then youâre probably already pursuing a degree in big data and trying to delve into the matter as deeply as possible.
We bet you focus on developing technical and analytical skills and ...
A guide to NoSQL offerings
Amazon Web Services: DynamoDB is a NoSQL database service that makes it simple and cost-effective to store and retrieve any amount of data and serve any level of request traffic. Users simply tell the service how many requests need to ...
How to Contribute to HBase and Hadoop2
By Nick Dimiduk
In case you havenât heard, Hadoop2 is on the way! There are loads more new features than I can begin to enumerate, including lots of interesting enhancements to HDFS for online applications like HBase. One of the most ...
HBase BlockCache Showdown
The HBase BlockCache is an important structure for enabling low latency reads. As of HBase 0.96.0, there are no less than three different BlockCache implementations to choose from. But how to know when to use one over the other? Thereâs ...
How MapRâs M7 Platform Improves NoSQL and Hadoop
The M7 Edition. Sounds like a high performance sports car, doesnât it? In reality, M7 is MapRâs enterprise-grade platform that provides its own unique brand of high-performance, dependability and ease of use to both NoSQL and Hadoop applications. M7 removes ...
Bloom Filters in HBase and Chrome
Bloom Filters allows to efficiently check if a particular element/record is there in the set/table or not. It has very minimal impact on the insert operations. The only caveat is that it might return a false positive, Bloom filter might ...
HBase Architecture
HBase â The Basics:
HBase is an open-source, NoSQL, distributed, non-relational, versioned, multi-dimensional, column-oriented store which has been modeled after Google BigTable that runs on top of HDFS. ââNoSQLâ is a broad term meaning that the database isnât an RDBMS which ...