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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

MariaDB is a popular SQL open source relational database management system that originated as a fork of MySQL after MySQL was acquired by Sun Microsystems in 2008 and later Oracle in 2010. Some key features and functionalities of MySQL include: Support for multiple storage engines, allowing users to choose what is suitable for their needs.

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The Ultimate Guide to Open Source Databases

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Further, open source databases can be modified in infinite ways, enabling institutions to meet their specific needs for data storage, retrieval, and processing. Non-relational databases: Instead of tables, non-relational (NoSQL) databases use document-based data storage, column-oriented storage, and graph databases.

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

All Things Distributed

AWS Import/Export transfers data off of storage devices using Amazons high-speed internal network and bypassing the Internet. Amazon Import/Export is an important tool for customers to accelerate moving large amounts of data into the AWS storage systems. Driving Storage Costs Down for AWS Customers. At werner.ly Syndication.

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Dutch Enterprises and The Cloud

All Things Distributed

To reach those goals, Shell in 2010 began using AWS. Shell leverages AWS for big data analytics to help achieve these goals. In my many conversations with customers, and with the media, I encountered surprise and excitement about the extent that European enterprises have already been using the Amazon Web Services for some time.

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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. Driving Storage Costs Down for AWS Customers. Expanding the Cloud - The AWS Storage Gateway. Driving down the cost of Big-Data analytics. At werner.ly Syndication. Subscribe to this weblogs.

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No Server Required - Jekyll & Amazon S3 - All Things Distributed

All Things Distributed

As some of you may remember I was pretty excited when Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) released its website feature such that I could serve this weblog completely from S3. Driving Storage Costs Down for AWS Customers. Expanding the Cloud - The AWS Storage Gateway. Driving down the cost of Big-Data analytics.

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