The Big Data Value Continuum – Part 1
This is the first post in a two-part series entitled The Big Data Value Continuum. You can find Part 2 here. Technology markets are challenging enough to understand but, when you throw in the added...
View ArticleOLTP and Decision Support
The purpose of this blog posting is to discuss strategies for handling decision support queries in Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) applications. First, I want to talk about the two classes of...
View ArticleTo Flash or Not to Flash: That is the Question
I am often asked about the value of flash memory in OLTP database applications. This blog post discusses flash technology in this context. First, I discuss the future of flash in general; then I turn...
View ArticleThe Big Data Value Continuum – Part 2
This is the second post in a two-part series entitled The Big Data Value Continuum. You can find Part 1 here. Recall that in the world of Big Data, our fundamental assumption is that data no longer...
View ArticleIntroducing VoltDB 3.0
The VoltDB engineering team is thrilled to announce that VoltDB 3.0 is now available! Over the past six months we’ve added a ton of features to VoltDB 3.0. This blog post lists the highlights, but...
View ArticleJSON in VoltDB
VoltDB 3.0 introduces the use of JSON-encoded columns to allow more flexibility in how you structure and interact with your data. New SQL functions and index capabilities let you work more naturally...
View ArticleWhat’s the plan?
“Why is this so slow?” Have you put your application into testing (you did this before going to production, right?) and wondered why you’re not getting VoltDB’s world-class performance? The problem...
View ArticleWhat’s the plan? (continued)
In May I wrote ‘What’s the plan?’ showing how to look at your SQL plans. We’ve now made it even simpler using our new, browsable Catalog Report. The Catalog Report is generated when you compile the...
View ArticleVoltDB Real-Time Analytics with JSON
Consider the scenario where you are building an online multi-player game platform, where users can use the platform to create their own games. Such a platform would have the following high-level...
View ArticlePresto! Facebook Embraces SQL, Everyone at VoltDB Nods Their Head.
Yesterday, Facebook announced open-source access to Presto, “a distributed SQL query engine optimized for ad-hoc analysis at interactive speed.” You can read more in this blog post by Martin Traverso,...
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