Amazon SimpleDB: An Intro
Tom Borthwick:
Amazon’s SimpleDB is a NoSql datastore with a whole lot of no: no sql, no datatypes (except utf-8 strings), no transactions, no joins, no indexes, no schema, no administration, and no cost for minimal usage. But when you google it, you find Amazon’s docs, a lot of bold predictions about it from 2007 and 2008… and not much else. SimpleDB seems like an interesting solution in search of a problem, but its ease of use and lack of administration effort make it worth at least checking out.
There are a few yes in the SimpleDB offering, but firstly you need to get by the nos.
Original title and link: Amazon SimpleDB: An Intro (NoSQL databases © myNoSQL)
via: http://www.copperykeenclaws.com/introduction-to-amazon%E2%80%99s-simpledb/
