http://www.softwarememories.com/2007/01/21/why-michael-stonebraker-matters/ History of software, by somebody who lived it Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:35:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.softwarememories.com/2007/01/21/why-michael-stonebraker-matters/#comment-28663 Supporting evidence for the DBMS disruption story | DBMS2 -- DataBase Management System Services Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:03:58 +0000 http://www.softwarememories.com/2007/01/21/why-michael-stonebraker-matters/#comment-28663 [...] 3. Much of the discussion of database diversity comes from a series of posts I coordinated with Mike Stonebraker. [...] [...] 3. Much of the discussion of database diversity comes from a series of posts I coordinated with Mike Stonebraker. [...]

]]> http://www.softwarememories.com/2007/01/21/why-michael-stonebraker-matters/#comment-1089 DBMS2 — DataBase Management System Services»Blog Archive » Who’s who in columnar relational database management systems Tue, 23 Jan 2007 13:45:52 +0000 http://www.softwarememories.com/2007/01/21/why-michael-stonebraker-matters/#comment-1089 [...] The best known columnar RDBMS is surely Sybase’s IQ Accelerator, evolved from a product acquired in the mid-1990s. Problem – it doesn’t have a shared-nothing architecture of the sort needed to exploit grid/blade technology. Whoops. The other recognized player is SAND, but I don’t know a lot about them. Based on their website, it would seem that grids and compression play a big part in their story. Less established but pretty interesting is Kognitio, who are just beginning to make marketing noise outside the UK. SAP’s BI Accelerator is also a compressed columnar system, but operates entirely in-memory and hence is limited in possible database size. Mike Stonebraker’s startup Vertica is of course the new kid on the block, and there are other columnar startups as well whose names currently escape me. [...] [...] The best known columnar RDBMS is surely Sybase’s IQ Accelerator, evolved from a product acquired in the mid-1990s. Problem – it doesn’t have a shared-nothing architecture of the sort needed to exploit grid/blade technology. Whoops. The other recognized player is SAND, but I don’t know a lot about them. Based on their website, it would seem that grids and compression play a big part in their story. Less established but pretty interesting is Kognitio, who are just beginning to make marketing noise outside the UK. SAP’s BI Accelerator is also a compressed columnar system, but operates entirely in-memory and hence is limited in possible database size. Mike Stonebraker’s startup Vertica is of course the new kid on the block, and there are other columnar startups as well whose names currently escape me. [...]

]]> http://www.softwarememories.com/2007/01/21/why-michael-stonebraker-matters/#comment-1085 DBMS2 — DataBase Management System Services»Blog Archive » Arguments AGAINST data warehouse appliances Tue, 23 Jan 2007 09:51:57 +0000 http://www.softwarememories.com/2007/01/21/why-michael-stonebraker-matters/#comment-1085 [...] I just ran across an article by MIT professor Samuel Madden that attempts to make such a case. And his MIT colleague Mike Stonebraker made similar arguments to me a few days ago. They are not wholly unbiased; indeed, both are involved in Vertica Systems. With that caveat, they have an interesting three-part argument: [...] [...] I just ran across an article by MIT professor Samuel Madden that attempts to make such a case. And his MIT colleague Mike Stonebraker made similar arguments to me a few days ago. They are not wholly unbiased; indeed, both are involved in Vertica Systems. With that caveat, they have an interesting three-part argument: [...]

]]> http://www.softwarememories.com/2007/01/21/why-michael-stonebraker-matters/#comment-1070 DBMS2 — DataBase Management System Services»Blog Archive » Are row-oriented RDBMS obsolete? Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:23:51 +0000 http://www.softwarememories.com/2007/01/21/why-michael-stonebraker-matters/#comment-1070 [...] If Mike Stonebraker is to be believed, the era of columnar data stores is upon us. [...] [...] If Mike Stonebraker is to be believed, the era of columnar data stores is upon us. [...]

]]> http://www.softwarememories.com/2007/01/21/why-michael-stonebraker-matters/#comment-1069 DBMS2 — DataBase Management System Services»Blog Archive » Mike Stonebraker Blasts “One Size Fits All” Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:36:34 +0000 http://www.softwarememories.com/2007/01/21/why-michael-stonebraker-matters/#comment-1069 [...] When it comes to DBMS inventors, Mike Stonebraker is the next closest thing to Codd. And he’s become a huge non-believer in the idea that one DBMS architecture meets all needs. [...] [...] When it comes to DBMS inventors, Mike Stonebraker is the next closest thing to Codd. And he’s become a huge non-believer in the idea that one DBMS architecture meets all needs. [...]

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