Extending the MySQL
Data Landscape
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Agenda
About
Why
How
When

About

The Data Landscape
The expansive view of
observed facts

The Data Store

Relational

Non Relational

Non Relational
Multi-Dimensional

Non Relational
Multi-Dimensional
Column Based

Kickfire
• Data warehouse solution
• Column Store
• Hardware level SQL optimization
• MySQL Centric
• http://www.kickfire.com/

Vertica
• Column Store
• Analytical Database
• Apparently cloud aware
• http://www.vertica.com/

Non Relational
Multi-Dimensional
Column Based
Graph / Semantic

Fault tolerant

GAE (Big Table)
AWS (Simple DB)
Couch DB

Google App Engine (GAE)
• Persistent BigTable Storage
• Automatic Scaling / Load Balancing
• Freemium Model
• Not Open Source
• Python Only
• Google User Authentication
• http://code.google.com/appengine/

SimpleDB
• No Schema
• Automatic Indexing
• Storage/Retrieval API
• Runs with AWS
• Several languages, but not Python
• Pay per use
• http://aws.amazon.com/simpledb/

CouchDB
• Distributed
• Fault Tolerant
• Schema Free
• Document Oriented
• Written in Erlang
• Uses JSON as a communication protocol

CouchDB
• Moved to a Top Level Apache Project in Dec 08
• Version 0.90 is due soon
• http://incubator.apache.org/couchdb/
• http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Presentations
• http://damienkatz.net/2006/02/erlang_and_couc.html
• Key Contributors
• J Chris Anderson - http://jchris.mfdz.com/
• Jan Lehnardt - http://jan.prima.de/
• Damien Katz - http://damienkatz.net/

Other variants

10gen - Mongo
Kloudshare
LucidDB
? Other Stealth Options ?

10gen - Mongo
• Open Source Model
• Well Funded
• platform as a service stack solution
• Mongo - Grid aware object oriented database
• http://www.10gen.com/
• “Focus on Code, forget about machines”

LucidDB
• Open Source
• Column Store
• Analytical / Not Relational
• http://www.luciddb.org/

What about memcached?

Violin Memory
Waffle Grid

Violin Memory
• Memory Capable Appliance
• DRAM and Flash Ram
• 2U of RAID based memory
• http://www.violin-memory.com/

Waffle Grid
• Innovation combining 2 technologies
• MySQL & Memcached
• Distributed L2 cache for Innodb
• Open Source
• Bleeding edge Version 0.2
• http://www.wafflegrid.com/

MySQL Memory Only

Why?

MySQL
Strengths & Weaknesses

1. Availability

2. Scalability

3. Instrumentation

4. Consistency

Consistency
• User centric consistency
• Database centric consistency
• Consistency is a state of mind, not necessarily a purpose.

How?

It starts
with the right
Architecture

Not just the application
Not just the database
Not just the technology

Technology Independence

Business Specification
Dependence

Understand your
user needs?

Y.A.G.N.I.

Understand your
data needs?

Data Availability

Data Synchronization

Write Once Data

When?

Unless your expecting
no growth
NOW

Future Options

Many Eyes
Using Visual sensation

About Cloud Computing

How do you
look at problems?

http://xkcd.org

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You?
http://xkcd.org

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Thank You