Building The Database That Can Do It All | Tobie Morgan Hitchcock, CEO of SurrealDB
The MAD Podcast with Matt Turck
Embrace Multimodal Data Management
Multimodal data management enables the storage and querying of diverse data types, including images, audio, video, and traditional document formats. Utilizing a system like SorelDB allows seamless integration and augmentation of data models, incorporating document and graph databases along with time series data, enhancing analytical capabilities. The flexibility of managing data without a strict schema and the capability to intermix various data models offer significant advantages. This system supports efficient key-value queries for high-speed data retrieval, along with a SQL-like language that accommodates a range of querying abilities, although lacking joins. By separating storage and compute layers, the architecture supports both transactional and analytical needs distinctly, enabling scalable and real-time analytics. This multifaceted approach allows users to adaptively manage relational, document-based, and graph data, facilitating powerful and immediate analytical queries that enhance decision-making and operational effectiveness.
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