Modern NewSQL database systems

The following database systems are now being categorised as NewSQL, this basically means they are traditional SQL, ACID compliant databases, but are built with the underlying philosophies that allow NoSQL databases to scale horizontally. MariaDB Cluster MariaDB Cluster, this is basically MariaDB with the Galera Cluster Manager. A good writeup of a conversion from MySQL+MMM …

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The Costs of Versioning an API

Contract versioning and API/Service versioning has always been a consideration for SOA based systems. Whether because of the impact it has on composability, or client-service governance, it is still something of an art rather than a science. There are many examples of groups giving the benefit of their experiences (e.g., around REST is extremely popular). …

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