Introduction to riak (Ian Plosker)

INTRODUCING RIAKthe most powerful open-source, distributed database you'll ever

put into production.

IAN PLOSKERTechnical Lead, International Operations

Basho Technologies, Inc

WHO IS BASHO?

WHAT IS RIAK?

RIAK IS A(N) ...

OPEN SOURCE

APACHE 2 LICENSE

DISTRIBUTED

MASTERLESS

FAULT TOLERANT

HIGHLY AVAILABLE

SCALABLE

KEY-VALUE

DATABASE

RIAK IS ...

... INSPIRED BY AMAZON’S DYNAMO

... BUILT FOR THE WEB

RIAK HAS ...

HTTP API

PROTOCOL BUFFERS API

CLIENT API WRITTEN IN ...

ERLANG

PYTHON

JAVASCRIPT/NODE.JS, HASKELL, C/C++, CLOJURE, SCALA, ...

ALTERNATIVE QUERYING MECHANISMS

USE CASES

SESSION STORE

USER PROFILES

FILE SYSTEM METADATA

MEDICAL RECORDS

KEY-VALUE SHAPED PROBLEMS

LESS IDEAL USE CASES

TIME SERIES DATA

ANALYTICS

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