July 2010
Podcast MP3: GlenSmithNoSqlJuly2010.mp3
Slides: NoSQL - Life beyond the Outer Join.pdf
Source: http://bitbucket.org/glen_a_smith/cjug-nosql-examples
NoSQL: Life after the Outer Join
The NoSQL (Not Only SQL) movement has been gaining a lot of press
over the last year as a means of scaling massive data storage, complex
relationships and lightening fast retrieval for the Web's biggest
sites. This month we're taking a trip to the big end of town and
looking at some of the backend technologies that are powering sites
like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Reddit, Digg and Google.
We'll be looking at popular Java clients and
servers that play in the NoSQL space and have a brief survey of the
following popular NoSQL platforms: Document Databases
(MongoDB/CouchDB), Sophisticated Key/Value Stores (Cassandra), Graph
Databases (Neo4j), and simple Key/Value stores (Memcached). It'l be a
lightening tour of what each technology offers, some source code on how
it works, and lots of headshifts about how to store data such that you
don't ever need another Left Outer Join!
We'll have a lot of fun, you'll pick up a bunch of
new buzzwords to impress your peers, and you can take the source away
and play at home. Put it in your diary now!
