Distributed SQL

February 2, 2022

A Matter of Time: Evolving Clock Sync for Distributed Databases

Distributed clock synchronization is critical for many applications, including distributed SQL databases. Clock synchronization needs to keep up with the other demands in our modern infrastructure, such as:

Applications that have increasing performance requirements while distributing data across different geographic regions
Network infrastructure and computing power that is improving constantly

A distributed SQL database is highly available and resilient to failures when deployed across a cluster of nodes.

…

YugabyteDB Savepoints: Checkpointing Work in Distributed Transactions

January 21, 2022

By Rob Sami

Databases Distributed SQL PostgreSQL

YugabyteDB Savepoints: Checkpointing Work in Distributed Transactions

Yugabyte brings best-in-class performance, scalability, and availability to YugabyteDB, a fully PostgreSQL-compatible SQL database. Because YugabyteDB’s architecture uses PostgreSQL at the SQL layer, we get a long-tail of PostgreSQL compatibility for free. But implementing savepoints requires deeper integration into YugabyteDB’s distributed persistence and transaction layers.

In this blog post, we’ll discuss why you should care about savepoints. We’ll also examine how we built savepoints into YugabyteDB’s distributed transaction layer,

…

My Yugabyte Journey into Distributed SQL Databases

January 21, 2022

By Brian Foster

Community News Company News Databases Distributed SQL

My Yugabyte Journey into Distributed SQL Databases

This post was written by Nim Wijetunga, a Yugabyte intern during fall 2021. Nim’s currently a software engineering student at the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

My journey into distributed databases began in early 2021. I was an intern at Snowflake and was part of the core FoundationDB (FDB) team. FDB is an open source distributed key-value store. Snowflake and Apple are currently the largest contributors (and maintainers) of FDB.

…

Tutorial: How to Deploy Multi-Region YugabyteDB on GKE Using Multi-Cluster Services

January 18, 2022

By Srinivasa Vasu

Databases Distributed SQL Docker Google Cloud Platform Kubernetes

Tutorial: How to Deploy Multi-Region YugabyteDB on GKE Using Multi-Cluster Services

The evolution of “build once, run anywhere” containers and Kubernetes—a cloud-agnostic, declarative-driven orchestration API—have made a scalable, self-service platform layer a reality. Even though it is not a one size fits all solution, a majority of business and technical challenges are being addressed. Kubernetes as the common denominator gives scalability, resiliency, and agility to internet-scale applications on various clouds in a predictable, consistent manner. But what good is application layer scalability if the data is still confined to a single vertically scalable server that can’t exceed a predefined limit?

…

Tutorial: Getting Started with YugabyteDB and Docker

January 7, 2022

By Shawn Sherwood

Containers Databases Distributed SQL Docker

Tutorial: Getting Started with YugabyteDB and Docker

When developing modern applications, it is important to maintain dev/prod parity (that is, keep development, staging, and production as similar as possible). This should also extend to the local development environment. However, containerization makes it easy to achieve consistency across all environments, even with more complicated components such as databases.

YugabyteDB is a cloud-native, distributed SQL database that is also PostgreSQL compatible. This interoperability makes it possible for developers to leverage existing tools,

…

Multi-Cloud Distributed SQL: Avoiding Region Failure with YugabyteDB

December 22, 2021

By Franck Pachot

Cloud Providers Databases Distributed SQL Open Source

Multi-Cloud Distributed SQL: Avoiding Region Failure with YugabyteDB

As Amazon CTO Werner Vogels often reminds us: ”Everything fails, all the time”. This means any component of the infrastructure will fail at some point. However, with more and more software being deployed in the cloud, today’s infrastructure must provide redundancy. In addition, the applications that sit on top of it must provide continuity over failures.

This involves database replication when the failure concerns data in motion. But there are different levels of failures and different protection technologies.

…

How Abra Controls Transforms Energy Companies with YugabyteDB Managed

December 20, 2021

By Suda Srinivasan

Customers Databases Distributed SQL YugabyteDB YugabyteDB Managed

How Abra Controls Transforms Energy Companies with YugabyteDB Managed

In this blog post, we’ll explore why Abra Controls needed a new database. We’ll detail why it chose YugabyteDB. We’ll then discuss how the company used YugabyteDB Managed to implement its IoT application.

Distributed SQL Tips and Tricks – December 16th, 2021

December 16, 2021

By Marko Rajcevic

Distributed SQL Open Source YugabyteDB

Distributed SQL Tips and Tricks – December 16th, 2021

Welcome back to our tips and tricks blog series! I have the distinct pleasure of recapping distributed SQL questions from around the Internet for the month of December.

This ongoing series would not be possible without Dorian Hoxha, Franck Pachot, and Frits Hoogland. We also thank our incredible user community for their work with the technology.

Do you have any questions?

…

Getting Started with YugabyteDB, Temporal, and the Temporal-Maru Benchmarking Tool

December 15, 2021

By Eric Pratt

Databases Distributed SQL Ecosystem Integrations How It Works Kubernetes Open Source YugabyteDB

Getting Started with YugabyteDB, Temporal, and the Temporal-Maru Benchmarking Tool

Learn how to integrate Temporal and Maru with the YugabyteDB database to run sample workflows and operate resilient applications using developer-friendly primitives.

How Kroger’s Data Architecture Powers Omnichannel Retail Experiences at Scale

December 14, 2021

By Dillon Pinto

Customers Distributed SQL

How Kroger’s Data Architecture Powers Omnichannel Retail Experiences at Scale

At a recent Distributed SQL Summit, Sriram Samu, VP of Customer Technology at Kroger, discussed how his company’s data architecture unlocks digital and omnichannel experiences at scale. He provided a rare glimpse into how the business is bringing its data models into a new format. This format is easy to serve at speed, while still being able to integrate with legacy systems.

Distributed SQL

Explore Distributed SQL and YugabyteDB in Depth