Hello Cassandra

A colleague recently told me about several benefits of Cassandra and I decided to try it out. Apache Cassandra is…

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Seven Databases in Seven Weeks – Hbase Day 2

This post is a recap of the second day of Hbase from the Seven Databases in Seven Weeks book. Most…

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MongoDB 2.6 is out

Introduction MongoDB is evolving rapidly. The 2.2 version introduced the aggregation framework as an alternative to the Map-Reduce query model.…

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NoSQL Job Trends – February 2014

So, it is a few days late but we finally have the NoSQL installment of the February job trends. For…

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Apache Cassandra steaming through 2.1 Release

Apache Cassandra is a high performance database system used in an ever growing number of enterprise companies to whom scalability…

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Redis sort with Jedis

In this post we will talk about the Redis SORT command. Redis provides the SORT command that we can use…

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Neo4j Backup: Store copy and consistency check at Mark Needham

One of the lesser known things about the Neo4j online backup tool, which I wrote about last week, is that…

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MongoDB and the fine art of data modelling

Introduction This is the third part of our MongoDB time series tutorial, and this post will emphasize the importance of…

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A beginner’s guide to MongoDB performance turbocharging

Introduction This is the second part of our MongoDB time series tutorial, and this post will be dedicated to performance…

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