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Database Sharding Patterns: Architecting Horizontal Scale-Out for Web SaaS
An architectural guide to database sharding for SaaS platforms in late 2013, detailing sharding algorithms and query coordination.
MongoDB Replica Set Elections: Maintaining High Availability During Primary Node Failures
An architectural review of MongoDB replica set election mechanics in early 2013, analyzing heartbeat windows, quorum calculations, and write concerns.
Redis 2.6: Lua Scripting, Server-Side Scripts, and Commands
Exploring the release of Redis 2.6 in late 2012, detailing server-side Lua scripting, transaction security, and cache performance.
Apache Cassandra 1.1: Multi-Data Center Replication for Enterprise
Reviewing Apache Cassandra 1.1 release features, examining gossip communication protocol configurations and multi-datacenter data replication.
MongoDB 2.0: Concurrency, Indexing, and Enterprise Readiness
Reviewing the release of MongoDB 2.0 in late 2011, examining improvements to concurrency locks, index sizes, and automatic failovers.
The Rise of NoSQL: Evaluating MongoDB and Cassandra for Scale-Out Architectures
A look at the late-2009 / early-2010 buzz around NoSQL databases. We analyze document stores (MongoDB) vs. wide-column stores (Cassandra) for horizontal scalability.
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