FoundationDB enjoys a unique spot in the transactional NoSQL space given its positioning as a basic key-value database that can be used to build new, more application-friendly databases. Given that ma… Read More >
Why are NoSQL Databases Becoming Transactional?
The NoSQL database revolution started with the publication of the Google BigTable and Amazon Dynamo papers in 2006 and 2007 respectively. These original designs focused on horizontal write scalability… Read More >
Data Modeling Basics – PostgreSQL vs. Cassandra vs. MongoDB
Application developers usually spend considerable time evaluating multiple operational databases to find that one database that’s best fit for their workload needs. These needs include simplified da… Read More >
Distributed Backups in Multi-Region YugaByte DB Clusters
Our post Getting Started with Distributed Backups in YugaByte DB details the core architecture powering distributed backups in YugaByte DB. It also highlights a few backup/restore operations in a sing… Read More >
Getting Started with Distributed Backups in YugaByte DB
YugaByte DB is a distributed database with a Google Spanner-inspired strongly consistent replication architecture that is purpose-built for high availability and high performance. This architecture al… Read More >
Presto on YugaByte DB: Interactive OLAP SQL Queries Made Easy
Presto is a distributed SQL query engine optimized for OLAP queries at interactive speed. It was created by Facebook and open-sourced in 2012. Since then, it has gained widespread adoption and become … Read More >
Are MongoDB’s ACID Transactions Ready for High Performance Applications?
Web app developers initially adopted MongoDB for its ability to model data as “schemaless” JSON documents. This was a welcome relief to many who were previously bitten by the rigid structure and s… Read More >
YSQL Architecture: Implementing Distributed SQL in YugabyteDB
In this post, we will look at the architecture of YSQL, the PostgreSQL-compatible distributed SQL API in YugabyteDB. We will also touch on the current state of the project and the next steps in progre… Read More >
Introducing YSQL: A PostgreSQL Compatible Distributed SQL API for YugaByte DB
YugaByte’s mission from day one has been to simplify operational database infrastructure. We are doing so by bringing together the best aspects of SQL and NoSQL into a single transactional, high-per… Read More >
Apache Cassandra: The Truth Behind Tunable Consistency, Lightweight Transactions & Secondary Indexes
ACID transactions were a big deal when first introduced formally in the 1980s in monolithic SQL databases such as Oracle and IBM DB2. Popular distributed NoSQL databases of the past decade including A… Read More >
