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Driving down the cost of Big-Data analytics - All Things Distributed

All Things Distributed

Driving down the cost of Big-Data analytics. The Amazon Elastic MapReduce (EMR) team announced today the ability to seamlessly use Amazon EC2 Spot Instances with their service, significantly driving down the cost of data analytics in the cloud. Hadoop is quickly becoming the preferred tool for this type of large scale data analytics.

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MariaDB vs MySQL: Key Differences and Use Cases

Percona

Before we dive into the differences between MariaDB and MySQL, we will provide a thorough examination of each relational database management system (RDBMS). While originally designed to be a drop-in replacement for MySQL, it evolved into its own distinct database management system and is now maintained and supported by the MariaDB Foundation.

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Job Openings in AWS - Senior Leader in Database Services - All.

All Things Distributed

Job Openings in AWS - Senior Leader in Database Services. This week it is an opening for senior leaders with AWS Database Services. AWS Database Services is responsible for setting the database strategy and delivering distributed structured storage services to our AWS customers. Comments (). Contact Info. Werner Vogels.

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DROAM - Dreaming about Cheap Data Roaming - All Things.

All Things Distributed

I received one of these devices and tested it for the last three months of 2010 when I was almost continuously on the road. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. Job Openings in AWS - Senior Leader in Database Services. Driving down the cost of Big-Data analytics.

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Expanding the Cloud - AWS Import/Export Support for Amazon EBS.

All Things Distributed

a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. Job Openings in AWS - Senior Leader in Database Services. Driving down the cost of Big-Data analytics. The Amazon.com 2010 Shareholder Letter Focusses on Technology. Countdown to What is Next in AWS. Expanding the Cloud â??

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Expanding the Cloud - Introducing Amazon ElastiCache - All Things.

All Things Distributed

There are many success stories about the effectiveness of caching in many different scenarios; next to helping applications achieving fast and predictable performance, it often protects databases from requests bursts and brownouts under overload conditions. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications.

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Introducing the AWS South America - All Things Distributed

All Things Distributed

a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. Job Openings in AWS - Senior Leader in Database Services. Driving down the cost of Big-Data analytics. The Amazon.com 2010 Shareholder Letter Focusses on Technology. Countdown to What is Next in AWS. Expanding the Cloud â??

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