Layer Drupal with emerging technologies to create a performant, scalable data purveyor. Modularizing the architecture creates performant applications for all content and all users.

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Drupal as
a Data Purveyor
Layering Drupal with emerging technologies to create a
performant, scalable data purveyor.

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Diana Montalion Dupuis
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Sam Heuck
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Andrew Elster
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We have a new website: astonishdesign.com
@Astonish_Design

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An open-source content management PHP/MySQL framework designed
for rapid development of content-rich web applications.

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Reasons (among many)
• Growth: evolving tool
• Foundation skill set
• User features

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http://jdhancock.com/ • JD Hancock• http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8322/8031897271_9c63e48a29_b.jpg

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“Big” Data
"Big" in relation to the amount
of content Drupal is designed
to manage

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Volume

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Velocity
BIKE WALLS• http://www.bikewalls.com

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Variety

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Content
•Every kind of data
•Coming from everywhere

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Current Issues
•Bootstrapping
•Bottlenecks - Normalized - Join Happy
•Lack of solution architecture

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Views
Rapid
Development
Platform
Visitors
& Content
Authors
Miners
Who is the user?

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Welcome to the future
When modularizing the architecture creates performant applications for
all content and all users.

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Traditional Optimizations

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A Balancing Act

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Go for the low hanging fruit

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ELENA ELISSEEVA, SHUTTERSTOCK • http://www.shutterstock.com/pic.mhtml?id=61884133
Case Study: NRG

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High Abstraction
Easy to Maintain
Cheap
Low Abstraction
Hard to Maintain
Costly
Views
Query Builder
Dynamic Queries
Static Queries
Low
Performance
High
Performance

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The problem with views...

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In other words...

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Solution!
Dynamic • Extensible • Integrated
Query Builder API

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High Abstraction
Easy to Maintain
Cheap
Low Abstraction
Hard to Maintain
Costly
Views
Query Builder
Dynamic Queries
Static Queries
Low
Performance
High
Performance
OLEKSANDR DIBROVA/DEPOSITPHOTOS • http://depositphotos.com/10983976/stock-photo-Brick-Wall.html

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Duplicate
Data
Rapid
Development
Platform
Denormalized
Document Storage for READS
Normalized
Relational for WRITES
Data Mining
Content & Data
Creation
CoSQL

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CAP Theorem

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DOUG BEGHTEL/THE OREGONIAN • http://www.oregonlive.com/foodday/index.ssf/2011/09/act_quick_on_those_grocery_out.html

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In our next session ...

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Questions?