Mongo the Destroyer and JSON and the Datanauts Team Up
June 12, 2015
Hadoop fans, navigate to “A Better Mousetrap: A JSON Data Warehouse Takes on Hadoop.” There are a couple of very interesting statements in this write up. Those who do the Hadoop the loop know that certain operations are sloooow. Other operations are not efficient for certain types of queries. One learns about these Hadoop the Loops over time, but the issues are often a surprise to the Hadoop/Big Data cheerleaders.
The article reports that SonarW may have a good thing with its Mongo and JSON approach. For example, I highlighted:
In other words, Hadoop always tries to maximize resource utilization. But sometimes you need to go grab something real quick and you don’t need 100 nodes to do it.
That means the SonarW approach might address some sharp focus, data analysis tasks. I also noted:
What could work to SonarW’s advantage is its simplicity and lower cost (starting at $15,000 per terabyte) compared to traditional data warehouses and MPP systems. That might motivate even non-MongoDB-oriented companies to at least kick the tires.
Okay, good. One question which crossed my mind, will SonarW’s approach provide some cost and performance capabilities that offer some options to XML folks thinking JSON thoughts?
I think SonarW warrants watching.
Stephen E Arnold, June 12, 2015
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