Traditional Database Alternatives Listed
October 20, 2009
A happy quack to the reader who sent me a link to “NoSQL: Distributed and Scalable Non-Relational Database Systems”. I have mentioned the problems that petascale data flows create for traditional RDBMs systems. Jeremy Zawodny has gathered together a number of non-SQL databases and provided a comment about each in this Linux Magazine write up. I recommend that readers of this Web log read the article and then tuck a copy away for one of those dreary days with Dr. Codd’s baby spits up. The article includes a list of attributes for the non-SQL data management systems. Software profiled includes Redis, Tokyo Cabinet, Apache CouchDB, Riak, and several others. I don’t have any quibbles with the article. My research indicates that a shake up in the data management world is coming. The big one will not originate from today’s leaders in data management. An outlier in this sector is going to set off some market upheavals. Look for late 2010, which is not too far off.
Stephen Arnold, October 20, 2009
No pay for this opinion. Sniffle.