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What is Greenplum Database? Intro to the Big Data Database

Scalegrid

High performance, query optimization, open source and polymorphic data storage are the major Greenplum advantages. Polymorphic Data Storage. Greenplum’s polymorphic data storage allows you to control the configuration for your table and partition storage with the freedom to execute and compress files within it at any time.

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Expanding the AWS Cloud: Introducing the AWS China (Ningxia) Region

All Things Distributed

Thousands of customers in China are already using AWS services operated by Sinnet, to innovate in diverse areas such as energy, education, manufacturing, home security, mobile and internet platforms, CRM solutions, and the dairy industry, among others.

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New: The Datacenter as a Computer: Designing Warehouse-Scale Machines, Third Edition

High Scalability

New topics range from additional workloads like video streaming, machine learning, and public cloud to specialized silicon accelerators, storage and network building blocks, and a revised discussion of data center power and cooling, and uptime.

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Stuff The Internet Says On Scalability For September 14th, 2018

High Scalability

NSF : When the HL-LHC reaches full capability in 2026, it is expected to produce more than 1 billion particle collisions every second, marking a 10-fold increase that will require a similar 10-fold increase in data processing and storage, including tools to collect, analyze, and record the most relevant events. So many more quotes.

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The Ultimate Guide to Open Source Databases

Percona

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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Progress Delayed Is Progress Denied

Alex Russell

Education, tools, and training all support the premise that supporting more browsers is better ( ceteris paribus ), creating a substantial incentive to grease squeaky wheels. Chrome has missed several APIs for 3+ years: Storage Access API. Particularly important in industrial, IoT, health care, and education scenarios.

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Cloud computing in Europe should put power in the hands of the customer

All Things Distributed

We are rapidly entering into an era where massive computing power, digital storage and global network connections can be deployed by anyone as quickly and easily as turning on the lights. We have seen this with the rapid rise of the internet and we will also see this with cloud computing if we put the power in the hands of the customer.

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