Riak
| Riak-Logo | |
| Developer(s) | Basho Technologies |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 2009 |
| Stable release | 1.4
/ July 10, 2013 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | Erlang, C, C++, some JavaScript |
| Operating system | Linux, BSD, Mac OS X, Solaris |
| Platform | IA-32, x86-64 |
| Type | Database |
| License | Apache License 2.0 |
| Website | basho |
Riak[1] is a NoSQL database implementing the principles from Amazon's Dynamo paper.[2]
Riak has a pluggable backend for its core shard-partitioned storage, with the default storage backend being Bitcask as of the 0.12 release.[3] Riak also has built-in MapReduce with native support for both JavaScript (using the SpiderMonkey runtime) and Erlang, while supporting a variety of additional language drivers such as Python, Java, PHP and Ruby.[4]
On February 21, 2012, Basho announced Riak v1.1. Riak 1.1 included Riaknostic, enhanced error logging and reporting, improved resiliency for large clusters, and a new graphical operations and monitoring interface called Riak Control.
On March 27, 2012, Basho launched Riak CS (Cloud Storage). Riak CS offers multi-tenancy, metering, large-object support and an S3-compatible API on top of Riak.
Basho announced the general availability of Riak 1.4 on July 10, 2013. [5]
Riak is used by thousands of companies worldwide, including over 25% of the Fortune 50.[6] Examples include Symantec, Best Buy, Workday, Voxer, Braintree, Bump, Boeing, Comcast, AOL, Ask.com, Yammer, Yandex, AT&T, Datapipe, and many more.[7]
See also
- Apache's Erlang-based CouchDB (open source)
- Apache's Java-based Accumulo (open source)
- NoSQL, i.e., Structured storage
References
- ^ "Riak: An Open Source Scalable Data Store". 28 November 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
- ^ Dynamo: Amazon’s Highly Available Key-value Store, SOSP 2007
- ^ "Basho: Bitcask". Riak Wiki.
- ^ "Riak Client Libraries and Community Code". Retrieved 19 March 2011.
- ^ "Basho Announces Availability of Riak 1.4". Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ "GigaOM: Basho takes aim at more enterprises with upgrades".
- ^ "Riak Customers". Riak. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
External links
- Official website
- Code on GitHub
- Official wiki
- Basho website
- GigaOM: Basho arms would-be Amazon killers with AWS-compatible storage
- NetCircle: Using Riak at NetCircle
- Riak at AOL
- Riak at Temetra for Smart Metering
- Using Riak for Ranking Collection at SEOmoz
- Using Riak at Github on Rackspace Cloud
- Searching with RiakSearch at inagist.com
- Riak and Scala at Yammer
- Riak in Production at Voxer
- Riak Benchmarks on Joyent Cloud
- Airbrake migration from MongoDB to Riak
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