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)