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Re: CockroachDB Interactive, D3-Powered Simulations

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Post by muxator »

CockroachDB fares well on the distributed side of the spectrum, and thus shows all the best properties of this kind of systems: replication, resiliency, horizontal scalability, modern ops experience.

This is no small feat, and - personally - I am sold on it. Yet, looking at its benchmarks (pre 2.0), and knowing how carelessly some enterprise software is written, how would I convince a pointy haired boss to leave the practically monolithic mega-pumped Oracle RAC server he is accustomed to, and go down the distributed route?

Re: CockroachDB Interactive, D3-Powered Simulations

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Post by scarmig »

muxator wrote: post #2

CockroachDB fares well on the distributed side of the spectrum, and thus shows all the best properties of this kind of systems: replication, resiliency, horizontal scalability, modern ops experience. This is no small feat, and - personally - I am sold on it. Yet, looking at its benchmarks (pre 2.0), and knowing how carelessly some enterprise software is written, how would I convince a pointy haired boss to leave the…

First things first, you'll want a DB that doesn't have cockroach in the name.

I'm only slightly kidding.

Re: CockroachDB Interactive, D3-Powered Simulations

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Post by Scaevolus »

scarmig wrote: post #3
muxator wrote: post #2

CockroachDB fares well on the distributed side of the spectrum, and thus shows all the best properties of this kind of systems: replication, resiliency, horizontal scalability, modern ops experience. This is no small feat, and - personally - I am sold on it. Yet, looking at its benchmarks (pre 2.0), and knowing how carelessly some enterprise software is written, how would I convince a pointy haired boss to leave the…

First things first, you'll want a DB that doesn't have cockroach in the name. I'm only slightly kidding.

When picking clever pun names, it's important to choose words that executives won't feel silly saying.

Spencer Kimball, CEO of Cockroach Labs, created the GIMP in college.

Re: CockroachDB Interactive, D3-Powered Simulations

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Scaevolus wrote: post #4
scarmig wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

First things first, you'll want a DB that doesn't have cockroach in the name. I'm only slightly kidding.

When picking clever pun names, it's important to choose words that executives won't feel silly saying. Spencer Kimball, CEO of Cockroach Labs, created the GIMP in college.

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Re: CockroachDB Interactive, D3-Powered Simulations

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Post by ifdefdebug »

scarmig wrote: post #3
muxator wrote: post #2

CockroachDB fares well on the distributed side of the spectrum, and thus shows all the best properties of this kind of systems: replication, resiliency, horizontal scalability, modern ops experience. This is no small feat, and - personally - I am sold on it. Yet, looking at its benchmarks (pre 2.0), and knowing how carelessly some enterprise software is written, how would I convince a pointy haired boss to leave the…

First things first, you'll want a DB that doesn't have cockroach in the name. I'm only slightly kidding.

Have you ever been in a place where you turn on the light in the kitchen at night and what you see is a zillion cockroaches all over the place, on the floor, the walls, cupboards, everywhere, starting all at once to run and seek a dark place to hide in the moment you hit the light switch? Well I have. Looking at that is like looking at "replication" and "resiliency" in liquid state.

Re: CockroachDB Interactive, D3-Powered Simulations

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Post by itgoon »

muxator wrote: post #2

CockroachDB fares well on the distributed side of the spectrum, and thus shows all the best properties of this kind of systems: replication, resiliency, horizontal scalability, modern ops experience. This is no small feat, and - personally - I am sold on it. Yet, looking at its benchmarks (pre 2.0), and knowing how carelessly some enterprise software is written, how would I convince a pointy haired boss to leave the…

You've to appeal to their spreadsheets. Generally, lower costs.

If Oracle is well-established, it's going to be tough. It isn't just the cost of Oracle and doing business with them, it's the cost of all the work associated with making the transition. Code-rewrites, retraining ops, and so on.

If there's an opportunity for a greenfield, small project that would benefit from having a distributed backend then try that. Be prepared to show that it's not just low-cost, but it is easier to implement.

Re: CockroachDB Interactive, D3-Powered Simulations

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Post by patorjk »

Scaevolus wrote: post #4
scarmig wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

First things first, you'll want a DB that doesn't have cockroach in the name. I'm only slightly kidding.

When picking clever pun names, it's important to choose words that executives won't feel silly saying. Spencer Kimball, CEO of Cockroach Labs, created the GIMP in college.

Years ago I worked on a project where a lot of the code was done in Tcl (pronounced "tickle"). Management would not say "tickle", instead they insisted on saying T-C-L. Tcl is a pretty neat language, and while I was on the project, I couldn't help but wonder how much it's name had held it back.
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