Database vendors don’t usually admit to shortcomings… they protest that they have no shortcomings until the market suggests otherwise… then … More
Tag: Data Warehouse
No Empathy for DevOps
Ugh. I loved the concept of DevOps and talked it up in the companies I was associated with. Within a database … More
Using Teradata’s Appliance for Hadoop to Reduce TCO
Teradata has recently announced a very complete Teradata database-to-Hadoop integration. Is this note we’ll consider how a Teradata shop might … More
Logical Data Warehouses and the Basics of Database Federation
This post will consider the implications of a full database federation as would be required by a Logical Data Warehouse. … More
Part 8 – How Hadooped is SQL Server PDW with Polybase?
Now for SQL Server… continuing the thread on RDBMS-Hadoop integration (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7) I have … More
Part 7 – How Hadooped is Greenplum, the Pivotal GPDB?
Now for Greenplum & Hadoop… to continue this thread on RDBMS-Hadoop integration (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6) I have suggested … More
Dynamic Late Binding Schemas on Need
I very much like Curt Monash’s posts on dynamic schemas and schema-on-need… here and here are two examples. They make me … More
Part 5: A Review of Processing Push-down
Continuing this thread on RDBMS-Hadoop integration (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4) I have suggested that we could … More
Part 2: Evaluating Exadata… Does it stack up with RDBMS-Hadoop systems?
In my blog yesterday (Part 1) I suggested that we could evaluate RDBMS-Hadoop integration architecture using three criteria: How parallel … More
Part 1: How Hadooped is Your RDBMS?
Sorry for the comic adjective “Hadooped”? The next few blogs will try to evaluate the different approaches to integrating Hadoop … More