No-SQL Workshop March 30, 2010 @ Vermonster HQ in Boston, MA Agenda No-SQL  Background   (10 mins) Introduction to Riak (5 mins) Riak install  (15 mins) Introduction to CouchDB (5 mins) CouchDB install  (15 mins) Data Modeling  (10 mins) Hands on Riak (20 mins) Hands on Couch (20 mins) Workshop Challenge  (remainder)
What is No-SQL? Non-relational data stores that break with a long history of relational databases and ACID guarantees.
Why No-SQL? Scalability
Durability
More Natural Data Representation / Modeling
Because
Kinds of No-SQL Key/Store
Document
Graph
Others
CAP Theorem http://blog.nahurst.com/visual-guide-to-nosql-systems
Introduction to Riak Basho's Product
Erlang
Highly Distributed

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