Sessions at SXSW Interactive 2012 about NoSQL with slides and audio

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Saturday 10th March 2012

• NoSQL Databases: Breaking the Relational Headlock

  by Gary Dusbabek

  When building applications many technologists instinctively reach for familiar relational tools. NoSQL databases, rising in popularity, have contrasting performance metrics and engineering costs that depend on a number of factors. There is no obvious winner and it is easy to make wrong decisions. What it really comes down to is your data. How you receive it, how you get at it, and what you will be using it for are factors that should be reflected in your choice of a datastore be it relational or non-relational. This session is part of the Big Data Track is sponsored by Gemalto.

  • Databases
  • NoSQL

  At 11:00am to 12:00pm, Saturday 10th March

  In Salon FG, Hilton Austin Downtown

  Coverage audio clip slide deck

Tuesday 13th March 2012

• Freakin' Fast Cassandra: How Do They Do It?

  by Ryan King and Tom Wilkie

  Ryan King (System Engineer at Twitter) and Tom Wilkie (co-founder and VP engineering at Acunu) delve into the bowels of Apache Cassandra, the highly scalable second-generation distributed database in use at Twitter, Netflix and more others.

  In this talk, they'll look at how Cassandra works and show you how to make it growl!

  This dual session will share the journey the Cassandra team at Twitter has taken to make Cassandra deliver on its promises while Acunu will talk about the dramatic performance improvements that take place when you move some of the heavy-lifting into the Linux kernel, by using the open source storage engine for Big Data, codename Castle.

  • Cassandra
  • NoSQL

  At 3:30pm to 4:30pm, Tuesday 13th March

  In Ballroom BC, Austin Convention Center

  Coverage slide deck audio clip