Eric Anderson (@ericmander) and Dor Laor (@DorLaor) go under the hood of Scylla, the open-source NoSQL database designed for low latency and high throughput in big data applications. Dor and his team have reimplemented Apache Cassandra in C++ from scratch, with additional compatibility for DynamoDB. In today’s episode, Dor shares details on the exciting work coming out of ScyllaDB, including Seastar, their open-source C++ framework. Also, check out Scylla Summit 2021 to learn what’s next for Scylla.
In this episode we discuss:
- Enabling Scylla to “gain control” by implementing Apache Cassandra in C++
- How Dor and his co-founder were ahead of the curve with their vision for virtualization
- Scylla’s unique shard-per-core architecture
- Working with distributed teams, even before the COVID-19 pandemic
- The growing significance of separating the interface from the engine in open-source
- Learn about Project Circe, which is being featured at Scylla Summit 2021 right now
Links:
- Scylla
- Seastar
- Scylla Summit 2021
- Apache Cassandra
- DynamoDB
- MongoDB
- Redhat
- QEMU
- Redis
- Vectorized
- Apache Hadoop
- Apache HBase
- Apache Beam
- Apache Flink
- Apache Spark
People mentioned:
- Avi Kivity (@AviKivity)