Horizontal Scaling of SQL Databases? 222
still_sick writes "I'm currently responsible for operations at a software-as-a-service startup, and we're increasingly hitting limitations in what we can do with relational databases. We've been looking at various NoSQL stores and I've been following Adrian Cockcroft's blog at Netflix which compares the various options. I was intrigued by the most recent entry, about Translattice, which purports to provide many of the same scaling advantages for SQL databases. Is this even possible given the CAP theorem? Is anyone using a system like this in production?"
XML (Score:2, Funny)
Re:XML (Score:5, Funny)
XXXML
Re:Call me skeptical (Score:5, Funny)
Agreed, we have massive sites serving millions of requests a day using Open Source relational databases and yet it seems everyone wants to use NoSQL because it's the hip new thing.
Naturally I start thinking of this: http://xtranormal.com/watch/6995033 [xtranormal.com]
Re:Call me skeptical (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Call me skeptical (Score:5, Funny)
I just select * from * and then sort it out with grep and cut.
What you should really be doing... (Score:3, Funny)
Is to write better queries, I mean how hard can it be:
select * from (select * from A,B,C,D,E,F,G WHERE A.ID=B.AID(+) AND B.ID=C.BID(+) AND C.ID=D.CID(+) AND D.ID=E.DID(+) AND E.ID=F.EID(+) AND F.ID=G.FID(+) order by F.name ASC) where F.name='zzzzz'
Everything will work out, I swear.
Re:Wow (Score:5, Funny)
Congratulations, you just won Slashdot's buzzword bingo, please collect your prize at the cashier window in the back of the hall.
Re:you're doing something wrong (Score:1, Funny)
You really need to define your problem with much greater specificity to get a valuable answer.
The real problem is he lied on his resume, has no idea what he's really talking about, and now they're asking about it at his job...
Re:Call me skeptical (Score:3, Funny)
Would you have preferred I have said bazillions?
Re:What you should really be doing... (Score:5, Funny)
I could do that, but your tears are delicious.