The State of NoSQL: Trends & Tradeoffs
If you’re hitting performance and scalability plateaus with SQL and are considering a migration to NoSQL, the recent discussion hosted by TDWI is a great place to get up to speed, fast. ScyllaDB VP of...
View ArticleScyllaDB Open Source 5.2: With Raft-Based Schema Management
ScyllaDB Open Source 5.2 is now available. It is a feature-based minor release that builds on the ScyllaDB Open Source 5.0 major release from 2022. ScyllaDB 5.2 introduces Raft-based strongly...
View ArticleScyllaDB’s Path to Strong Consistency: A New Milestone
In ScyllaDB 5.2, we made Raft generally available and use it for the propagation of schema changes. Quickly assembling a fresh cluster, performing concurrent schema changes, updating node’s IP...
View ArticleWhat’s Next on ScyllaDB’s Path to Strong Consistency
We explored the Raft capabilities introduced in ScyllaDB 5.2 in the blog ScyllaDB’s Path to Strong Consistency: A New Milestone. Now let’s talk about what’s coming next: Raft-based consistent and...
View ArticleTencent Games’ Real-Time Event-Driven Analytics System Built with ScyllaDB +...
As a part of Tencent Interactive Entertainment Group Global (IEG Global), Proxima Beta is committed to supporting our teams and studios to bring unique, exhilarating games to millions of players...
View ArticleHow to Maximize Database Concurrency
“ScyllaDB really loves concurrency…to a point.” That was one of the key takeaways from the recent webinar, How Optimizely (Safely) Maximizes Database Concurrency, featuring Brian Taylor, Principal...
View ArticleBuild your First ScyllaDB Application: New Rust, Python & PHP Tutorials
A couple of years ago, we published the first version of CarePet, an example IoT project designed to help you get started with ScyllaDB. Recently, we’ve expanded the project to make it useful for a...
View ArticleThe Data Modeling Behind Social Media “Likes”
Did you ever wonder how Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and other social media platforms track who liked your posts? This post explains how to do it with ScyllaDB NoSQL. And if you want to go hands-on...
View ArticleWhen to Use ScyllaDB vs MongoDB: Lessons Learned From 5+ Years in Production
Numberly has been using both ScyllaDB and MongoDB in production for 5+ years. Learn which NoSQL database they rely on for different use cases and why. Within the NoSQL domain, ScyllaDB and MongoDB are...
View ArticleHow ScyllaDB Distributed Aggregates Reduce Query Execution Time up to 20X
Why distribute aggregates in a distributed database? Have you ever tried to run SELECT COUNT(*) on a table with millions of rows? If you don’t increase the timeout drastically, you’ve probably seen...
View ArticleScyllaDB’s Change Data Capture Library for Rust
New Rust library is faster than its Go counterpart – and uses less CPU TL;DR ScyllaDB has a longstanding partnership with University of Warsaw: teams of Computer Science undergraduate students...
View ArticleScyllaDB University LIVE, July 2023: From Getting Started to Power User...
ScyllaDB University LIVE is back in session at the end of this month (July 25, 2023)! Whether you’re just curious about ScyllaDB or an experienced user looking to optimize your deployment, this event...
View ArticleWhy ScyllaDB is Moving to a New Replication Algorithm: Tablets
How moving from vnode-based replication to tablets helps dynamically distribute data across the cluster, ultimately increasing ScyllaDB’s elasticity. Like Apache Cassandra, ScyllaDB has historically...
View ArticleTop Mistakes with ScyllaDB: Storage
All about disk types, best practices, common misconceptions, filesystem types, RAID setups, tunable parameters, and what makes disks so special in the context of databases. Note: This is the second...
View ArticleNoSQL Summer Blockbusters: Rust, Kafka, Media Streaming & Social Media & More
Working on systems where low latency at scale is critical? These on-demand NoSQL features will keep you on the edge of your seat. If Barbenheimer has gotten you into the summer blockbuster mood, we’ve...
View ArticleWhat’s Trending on the ScyllaDB Community Forum: Summmer 2023
Since earlier this year, new and experienced “sea monsters” across the global ScyllaDB community have been connecting and learning from one another’s experiences over at the ScyllaDB Community Forum....
View ArticleJaeger and ScyllaDB Integration: High Performance at Scale
Jaeger has gained significant popularity in the software development community due to its powerful capabilities and ease of integration with various programming languages and frameworks. With the rise...
View ArticleWhat is an ML Feature Store and How Can ScyllaDB Help You Build One?
Delve into the fundamentals of ML feature stores and explore why and how ScyllaDB can be a critical part of your feature store architecture. Machine learning (ML) feature stores have been attracting...
View ArticleScyllaDB on Kubernetes: How to Run Intense Workloads with Spot Instances
A look at why Visually.io chose ScyllaDB to replace MongoDB as its main production real-time database, and how they run it on spot (volatile) instances that cost 1/4 of the regular cloud compute price....
View Article5 Intriguing ScyllaDB Capabilities You Might Have Overlooked
A look at 5 “hidden gem” ScyllaDB capabilities that help ScyllaDB power users. Technology typically evolves at a faster pace than what a normal person (like me) is able to track. And just as the...
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