May 22, 2009, 17:22 by adamculp
Covered many alternatives I have been wondering about. Now I have a nice jump start in my research.
Oh, and nice kilt!!!
Alternative Databases
Scott MacVicar (May 20, 2009)
Talk at php|tek 2009 (English - US)
Relational databases are considered the norm for most new projects but is it really suited to the task? The most common use for a database is to store data to disk in which an elaborate statement is used to retrieve. In most cases its difficult to correctly scale a RDBMS and you still need to have enough space to store an entire copy of the database.
Database systems such as CouchDB, MemcacheDB and Amazon's SimpleDB take a different approach that make it easier to do distribution and simpler to use.
This session will briefly cover why a relational database might be a bad choice for your project before exploring CouchDB, MemcacheDB and SimpleDB as possible solutions. Included will be some code samples and demos.
Quicklink: http://joind.in/194
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May 21, 2009, 04:30 by jlleblanc
Great roundup of current RDBMS alternatives, the history of databases, and why you would want to use something other than an RDBMS.