Chris Gioran, Chief Architect, Neo4j

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Knowledge and Scalability
Through Graph Composition
Chris Gioran
Chief Architect, Neo4j

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Workload
Complexity
Data Volume
The scalability problem
Data Volume increases
with the lifecycle of the
application
How do I optimize the use of data
from my application?
What patterns am I missing?
What knowledge remains to be found?

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Full Spectrum Database
Transactional Analytical
Path exploration
Bloom Visualisation
GDS

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Let's build something
CREATE (n:World {greeting: "Hello"});

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Dev Prod
Developing your application
- No schema to hold you
back, but constraint
definitions to help you
- Transparent runtime so
you can tune your
queries
- ACID transactions keep
your data safe and
workload under control
- Role based access
control keeps your data
secure
- Clustering ensures
replication, uptime and
scale out

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Beginning to understand your data

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Start simple, with path expansions

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MATCH (n)-[r1]-(m)-[r2]-(p);
MATCH (n)-[*2..5]-(p);
MATCH (n)-[*]-(p);

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Classification
Examples:
- Geographical location
- Product type
- Department
- Production stage
- …

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Ranges
Monday Tuesday Wednesday
Thursday Friday

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Sub schemas
Examples:
- Embedded social graph
- Network routing core
- Reference data
- …

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- Fabric offers a unified
view and query
distribution
- Can be hosted on the
same or different servers
Putting composition to use

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- AuraDB deployment
provides the backbone of
data storage for the
application
- Some data can live in
self managed
environments
- Data analytics datasets
can be projected or
maintained separately
Flexible, data driven deployment

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Workload
Complexity
Data Volume
Solving the scalability problem
Scalability
Optimization
Patterns
Knowledge

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NODES 2021 Keynote

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The Neo4j Graph Data Platform
Analytics &
Data Science
Tooling
Graph
Transactions
Data Orchestration
Development &
Administration
Drivers & APIs Discovery & Visualization
Graph
Analytics
AI

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Thank You
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