Oracle Starts its Move on Open Source NoSQL
November 24, 2011
The adult has arrived on the scene. At least, that’s the perspective InfoWorld takes in “First look: Oracle NoSQL Database.” In describing the history of NoSQL development up to this point, the article asserts:
For the last few years, the world of NoSQL databases has been filled with exciting new projects, ambitious claims, and plenty of chest beating. The hypesters said the new NoSQL software packages offered tremendous performance gains by tossing away all of the structure and paranoid triple-checking that database creators had lovingly added over the years. . . . If we ignore these things, our databases will be free and insanely fast.
Specifically, these open source developers have eschewed adherence to the ACID (atomicity, consistence, isolation, durability) standards that guarantee the reliability of database transactions. While Oracle’s version doesn’t strictly adhere to these, either, it does come much closer than its forerunners. It also offers the option to partition data, which guarantees consistency across node-replicating machines.
Writer Peter Wayner gives an in depth comparison between Oracle NoSQL and the other options, often lauding the former for being more “serious” (that is to say, more reliable.) The piece also details the results of his own speed test. Definitely worth a read for anyone considering the move to Oracle, or any other NoSQL database. And open source? Would a toll booth look good on Oracle Parkway?
Cynthia Murrell, November 24, 2011
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