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What does MongoDB have against transparency?
MongoDB published another benchmark performed by United Software Associates. Benchmarks are a useful tool to evaluate database performance. But to be useful, they must be transparent and repeatable. If they fail to meet these…
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Leading NoSQL Database Vendors Couchbase, MongoDB, and DataStax Lock Horns
It’s official. The leading NoSQL database vendors – DataStax, MongoDB, and Couchbase – have locked horns. In the past 30 days, It’s important to perform competitive benchmarks. When we sponsor a benchmark, we learn…
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MongoDB Rules Single Node Deployments, Fails to Scale
MongoDB published an independent benchmark comparing the performance of MongoDB, Apache Cassandra, and Couchbase Server in single node deployments to counter the one we published comparing the performance of MongoDB and Couchbase Server in…
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MongoDB and DataStax, In the Rearview Mirror
Thumbtack published an excellent blog post today (link). It highlights the preliminary results of performance tests executed with Couchbase Server, MongoDB and DataStax Enterprise (Apache Cassandra). The final results will be included in a…
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NoSQL and the Hybrid Cloud
If a NoSQL database can be deployed on-premise or it can be deployed in the cloud, why can’t it be deployed on-premise and in the cloud? It can, and it should. This article highlights…
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The Internet of Everything, the Pinnacle of Convergence?
Is the Internet of Everything the pinnacle of convergence? Yes. Yes it is. It’s where mobile, IoT / M2M, cloud and big data converge. Where? The smart refrigerator. Again (link). IoT / M2M The…
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Discussion: How to Evaluate NoSQL Databases
I’m hosting a webinar with William McKnight, founder of McKnight Consulting Group and analyst for Gigaom Research, and Anil Madan, Senior Director of Engineering at PayPal. William will be discussing his new white paper,…
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Couchbase Blueprints in Apache Brooklyn
This is a guest post by our friends at Cloudsoft (link) on the Apache Brooklyn project (link). We’re excited to be collaborating with Cloudsoft. The cloud is the new operating system, and projects like…
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Dissecting the NoSQL Benchmark
Let’s dissect the Fall 2014 NoSQL Benchmark. Apache Cassandra / DataStax Enterprise. MongoDB. Couchbase Server. Go. Hardware Server (8) Client (32) Processor Intel Xeon E5-2620 V2 (2) Intel Core i5-4440 Memory 64GB 8GB…
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Distributed Databases and Replication Design
One of the most important elements of distributed database architecture is replication. In fact, it defines the database architecture. It determines whether or not the data is consistent / available. Master / Slave Writes…
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Modern Big Data > Hadoop
That’s right. A modern big data solution requires more than Hadoop. Welcome to the data, it’s all big and fast. Welcome to Big Data Central Discuss on Hacker News Discuss on Reddit I’m excited…
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MongoDB and Scale Out? No, says MongoHQ
You may have heard that MongoDB has issues with scaling out. You may have heard that Viber is replacing MongoDB with Couchbase Server. Have you heard how to scale with MongoHQ? I agree with…