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TiDB is a prime example of an intrinsically scalable and reliable distributed SQL database architecture. Here’s how it works. In the good old days, databases had a relatively simple job: help with the ...

Aaron Segesman is an imaginative database architect with broad technical experience from nearly 20 years of work within the data space. His specialties include Data warehouse design, OLTP database ...

When and how to migrate data from SQL to NoSQL are matters of much debate. It can certainly be a daunting task, but when your SQL systems hit architectural limits or your cloud provider expenses ...

Get ready to scale out SQL Azure databases beyond today's 50GB limit with the Transact-SQL and ADO.NET elastic sharding features, which are coming in the 2011 SQL Azure Federation Community Technology ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Vivek Yadav, an engineering manager from ...

Earlier this year, analyst firm Gartner came up with a name for a category of hybrid processing that it believes will cause upheaval in established architectures. The ...

A good data architect is a gift to their organization because they achieve results that advance an organization’s data maturity. What kinds of characteristics lead to a data architect being considered ...

I've got a technical interview for a data warehouse architect role on Friday and I was wondering if people might be able to suggest what sort of questions I might expect? I'm reasonable confident I'm ...