March 17, 2015 As a Solutions Architect for Basho, I’m often called upon by customers to explain Riak. Frequently this…
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The Requirement of High Availability
February 17, 2015 According to TechTarget, a common definition of “High Availability” is: “In information technology, high availability refers to…
Moving from MySQL to Riak
Learn about the advantages Riak has over MySQL and other relational databases.
Riak in Production – Retail and eCommerce Stories
A look at the retailer benefits of Riak versus relational databases and some examples of retailers that are currently using Riak.
Riak on Engine Yard
Announcing early access of Riak on Engine Yard.
Riak for Retail and eCommerce Platforms
Retail on Riak- A Technical Introduction.
Relational to Riak, Part 1- High Availability
A look at Riak’s architectural design for high availability, and the benefits of Riak over relational databases.
Why Your Riak Cluster Should Have At Least Five Nodes
Here at Basho we want to make sure that your Riak implementations are set up from the beginning to succeed. While you can use the Riak Fast Track to quickly set up a 3-node dev/test environment, we recommend that all production deployments use a minimum of 5 nodes, ensuring you benefit from the architectural principles that underpin Riak’s availability, fault-tolerance and scaling properties.
Riak Core – The Coordinator
Logically speaking, a coordinator is just what it sounds like. It’s job is to coordinate incoming requests. It enforces the consistency semantics of N, R and W and performs anti-entropy services like read repair …
Schema Design in Riak – Introduction
March 19, 2010 One of the challenges of switching from a relational database (Oracle, MySQL, etc.) to a “NoSQL” database…