theory: All content tagged as theory in NoSQL databases and polyglot persistence
Wednesday, 25 May 2011
New Fibre Transfer Speed Record
Researchers have set a new record for the rate of data transfer using a single laser: 26 terabits per second.
The only question now is how soon we will see these speeds live.
Original title and link: New Fibre Transfer Speed Record (NoSQL databases © myNoSQL)
Friday, 4 December 2009
No Relation: The Mixed Blessings of Non-Relational Databases
A paper by Ian Thomas Varley, M.S.E. covering the following aspects of non-relational databases:
- use cases
- pros and cons
- design strategies
The paper in PDF format can be downloaded from ☞ here
Thursday, 3 December 2009
The Confused World of "NoSQL"
I believe it would be beneficial to seperate these use-cases and treat them differently (eg. call one NoSQL and the other DDS for Distributed Data Store).
I’d argue that we should firstly get these use cases.
via: http://bytepawn.com/2009/11/28/the-confused-world-of-nosql/
Query Processing for NOSQL DB
Nevetheless, compare to the more mature RDBMS, NoSQL has some fundamental limitations that we need to be aware of.
via: http://architects.dzone.com/news/query-processing-nosql-db