Sergio Bossa is a software architect and engineer who has worked on online gambling and casino software. He is an open source enthusiast who has contributed to projects like Spring, Terracotta, and Terrastore. Terrastore is a document database for developers that is document-based, consistent, distributed, scalable, and written in Java using Terracotta. It allows for easy installation, no complex configuration, and simple basic operations like putting and getting documents from buckets. It also supports features like range queries, predicate queries, server-side updates, and easy scalability. Terrastore is best suited for data hot spots, computational data, complex or variable data, and throw-away data.

1. Sergio Bossa @sbtourist
Terrastore
A document database for
developers

2. About Me
Software architect and engineer
Gioco Digitale (online gambling and casinos).
Long time open source enthusiast and contributor
Spring.
Taconite.
Terracotta.
Actorom, Terrastore ...
(Micro)-Blogger
http://twitter.com/sbtourist
http://sbtourist.blogspot.com

3. NOSQL ... what?
1998
Just a tiny non-relational database.
2009
Non-relational databases as a replacement for
relational ones?
Nowadays ...
Not Only SQL.
Use the right tool for your job.

4. NOSQL ... why?
When you're in troubles with ...
Data Model.
Relational mismatch.
Variable schema.
Data Access Patterns.
Expensive joins.
Denormalized data.
Scalability.
More data.
More processing.

5. No SQL, Yes ... ?
Heterogeneity.
Key/Value based.
Voldemort.
Document based.
MongoDB.
Riak.
Terrastore.
Column based.
Cassandra.
HBase.
Graph based.
Neo4J.

6. Terrastore!
Document Store.
Ubiquitous.
Consistent.
Distributed.
Scalable.
Written in Java.
Based on Terracotta.
Open Source.
Apache-licensed.

7. Your data, your documents
{
"name" : "Sergio",
"surname" : "Bossa",
"twitter" : "@sbtourist"
}

8. Access everywhere

9. Keep consistent

10. Distribute as a single cluster

11. Distribute as multiple clusters

12. But ... Why Terrastore?!?!

13. Make ...

14. Simple things easy

15. Complex things
possible
( almost ;)

16. Get started in seconds
One command installation and startup ...
$> ant -f terrastore-install.xml
quickstart -Dquickstart.dir=...

17. Easy installation
Master:
$> ant -f terrastore-install.xml
single-master
-Dmaster.server.port 9510
-Dinstall.dir=...
Server:
$> ant -f terrastore-install.xml
server
-Dinstall.dir=...

18. No complex configuration
Master:
$master>./start.sh
Server:
$server>./start.sh
--master
--httpHost
--httpPort
--nodeHost
--nodePort
...

19. No impedence mismatch
Java:
public class Character {
private String name;
private List<Character> friends;
private List<Character> foes;
// ...
}
Json:
{"name" : "Spider-man",
"friends" : [{"name" : "Iceman"}]
"foes" : [{"name" : "Kingpin"}]}

20. Simple basic operations
Put documents in buckets ...
PUT /bucket/key
Content-Type: application/json
{...}
Get documents from buckets ...
GET /bucket/key
Content-Type: application/json
{...}

21. Range queries
Find documents in bucket with keys in a given range
...
GET /bucket/range?comparator=comparator_name&
startKey=start_key&
endKey=end_key&
timeToLive=max_age
Content-Type: application/json
{...}

22. Built-in comparators
Lexicographical
Ascendant.
Descendant.
Numerical.
Ascendant.
Descendant.

23. What if ... custom comparators?
@AutoDetect(name="my-comparator")
public class MyComparator implements
terrastore.store.operators.Comparator {
public int compare(String key1, String key2) {
// ...
}
}

24. Predicate queries
Find documents in bucket satisfying a given predicate
condition ...
GET /bucket/predicate?
predicate=type:expression
Content-Type: application/json
{...}

25. Conditional put/get
Conditionally put documents in buckets ...
PUT /bucket/key?
predicate=type:expression
Content-Type: application/json
{...}
Conditionally get documents from buckets ...
GET /bucket/key?
predicate=type:expression
Content-Type: application/json
{...}

26. Built-in predicate conditions
JXPapth
Based on X-Path.
Find people whose name is 'Sergio':
jxpath:/name[.='Sergio']
JavaScript
Applies a JavaScript-like condition.
Find people whose name is 'Sergio':
js:value.name=='Sergio'

27. What if ... custom conditions?
@AutoDetect(name="my-condition")
public class MyCondition implements
terrastore.store.operators.Condition {
public boolean isSatisfied(String key,
Map<String, Object> value, String expression) {
// ...
}
}

28. Server-side updates
Atomically execute complex updates to a document ...
PUT /bucket/key/update?function=function_name&
timeout=timeout_value
Content-Type: application/json
{...}

29. Built-in update functions
Atomic Counters
Atomically increment/decrement/set-up one or
more counters.
Merge
Merge the stored document with provided values.
JavaScript custom update
Update the stored document by executing a user-
provided javascript function.

30. What if ... custom functions?
@AutoDetect(name="my-function")
public class MyFunction implements
terrastore.store.operators.Function {
public Map<String, Object> apply(String key,
Map<String, Object> value,
Map<String, Object> parameters) {
// ...
}
}

31. Easy scale-out
A command line parameter:
$server>./start.sh
--master
--ensemble
And a json configuration file:
{
"localCluster" : "apple",
"discoveryInterval" : 5000,
"clusters" : ["apple", "orange"],
"seeds" : {"orange" : "192.168.1.2:6001"}
}

32. DSL-like Java APIs
Fluent APIs.
Http-based.
Transparent (yet configurable) object conversion.
// Create client:
TerrastoreClient client =
new TerrastoreClient("http://localhost:8080",
new HTTPConnectionFactory());
// Create object:
Person sbtourist = new Person("Sergio Bossa”, "sbtourist")
// Put:
client.bucket("people").key("1").put(person);
// Get:
sbtourist = client.bucket("people").key("1").get(Person.class);

33. Support for other languages
Clojure
http://github.com/sbtourist/terrastore-cloj
Python
http://dnene.bitbucket.org/docs/pyterrastore
Scala
http://github.com/ssuravarapu/Terrastore-Scala-Client
http://github.com/teigen/terrastore-scala
Easy to add more!

34. Pure Javascript Web Console

35. More!
Backup
Import/export documents to/from buckets.
Events management
Get notified of document updates.
Third-party products integration.
Write-behind.
ActiveMQ integration for higher reliability.
Custom data partitioning
Retain control of where your data is placed.
Indexing and searching
Terrastore-Search.
ElasticSearch integration.
Cross-origin resource sharing support
Integrate with browser-based clients.

36. Now that I have an hammer ...
Don't go blinded.
Use the right tool for the job!
Terrastore is best suited for:
Data hot spots.
Computational data.
Complex, rich or variable data.
Throw-away data.

37. Final words ... engaging.
Explore
http://code.google.com/p/terrastore
Download
http://code.google.com/p/terrastore/downloads/list
Hack
http://code.google.
com/p/terrastore/source/checkout
Participate
http://groups.google.com/group/terrastore-
discussions
Enjoy!

38. Q&A Contact me on:
http://twitter.com/sbtourist