Thoughts on distributed databases, open source, and cloud native
We are pleased to announce that YugabyteDB 1.2.11 is live! You can read the release notes of this and previous versions here. This release is shipping with stored procedures support, plus 30 new features, enhancements and bug fixes. Here’s a few highlights from the 1.2.11 release.
What’s YSQL? It’s YugabyteDB’s PostgreSQL-compatible, distributed SQL API.
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Read MoreIqbal Farabi and Tara Baskara, Systems Engineers from GO-JEK Indonesia, recently presented the results of their benchmarking of cloud native databases on Kubernetes at KubeCon Europe in Barcelona. The three databases they benchmarked were CockroachDB, TiDB and YugabyteDB. This post brings their presentation (video recording) and slides (PDF) to the attention of our readers.
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Read MoreIn February of this year, Kyle Kingsbury of Jepsen.io was conducting formal testing of YugaByte DB for correctness under extreme and unorthodox conditions. Obviously, simulating all manner of network partitions is part of his testing methodology. As a result, during his testing he spotted the fact that although nodes would reliably come back after a failure,
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Read MoreYou can join the discussion on HackerNews here.
We crossed the three year mark of developing YugabyteDB in February of 2019. It has been a thrilling journey thus far, but not without its fair share of technical challenges. There were times when we had to go back to the drawing board and even sift through academic research to find a better solution than what we had at hand.
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Read MoreToday’s developers understand that the key requirement to converting and retaining customers is all about delivering fast and responsive experiences, while remaining resilient to failures and compliant with data governance regulations. YugaByte DB is purpose built for geo-distributed applications that require high availability, high performance and regulatory compliance. In this blog, we are going to “look under the hood,” to explore exactly how YugaByte DB distributes data across multiple clouds,
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Read MoreOur previous post dived into the details of the storage layer of YugabyteDB called DocDB, a distributed document store inspired by Google Spanner. This post focuses on Yugabyte SQL (YSQL), a distributed, highly resilient, PostgreSQL-compatible SQL API layer powered by DocDB. A follow-up post will highlight the challenges faced and lessons learned when engineering such a database.
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Read MoreIn this post, we’ll dive into the architecture of the distributed storage layer of YugabyteDB, which is inspired by Google Spanner’s design. Our subsequent post covers the Query Layer, where the storage layer meets PostgreSQL as the SQL API. Finally, here is a follow-up post that highlights the key technical challenges we faced while engineering a distributed SQL database like YugabyteDB.
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The team at YugaByte is excited to announce that YugaByte DB 1.2 is officially GA! You can download the latest version from our Quick Start page.
YugaByte SQL (YSQL) is our PostgreSQL v11 compatible, distributed SQL API. It is ideal for powering microservices that require low latency,
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Read MoreIn the first post of our series comparing YugaByte DB with PostgreSQL and MongoDB, we mapped the core concepts in YugaByte DB to the two popular databases. This post is a deeper dive into the high availability and transactions architecture of these databases.
Almost all databases including YugaByte DB use replication to ensure that the database remains highly available under failures.
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Read MoreIf you are developing a new distributed application or are extending an existing one with a new set of microservices, chances are you are going to need to store data in a distributed SQL database. The plethora of niche databases that have emerged over the last decade make the task of selecting a database challenging. With many databases, each with its own nomenclature and nuances to choose from,
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