Recording Venue: Skype
Guest: Eric Lubow
Eric Lubow and Robert discuss polyglot persistence, a term used to describe systems that incorporate multiple specialized persistent stores rather than a single general-purpose database. Eric provides insights into the forces driving this trend: including diverse data usage patterns, low latency, and increasing volumes of data. The emergence of many free storage servers that perform well much better than most general-purpose databases for specific usage patterns has made polyglot persistence cost-effective. Eric shares some of his experiences deploying storage solutions, programming languages, and the driver libraries. Eric and Robert wrap up with a discussion of the impact of polyglottism on architecture and testing. Along the way, they explore the cultural shifts that need to take place as organizations move from the one-size-fits-all model.
- Eric Lubow’s blog
- @elubow on Twitter
- Eric Lubow’s presentation at the Cassandra Summit 2012
- Slides from Eric’s presentation
- Martin Fowler’s book NoSQL Distilled: A Brief Guide to the Emerging World of Polyglot Persistence
- SimpleReach web site
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