June 18, 2012 There’s no quicker way to learn the unspoken, de facto standard components of an API than to…
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Riak Pipe – the New MapReduce Power
A few months ago, I announced the opening of Riak Pipe, as well as two goals for the project. With the upcoming 1.0 release of Riak, we have achieved the first goal – new clusters will use Riak Pipe to power their MapReduce processing. Existing clusters will also be able to migrate to using Riak Pipe, with no changes needed from the client perspective …
Follow Up to MapReducing Big Data With Luwak Webinar
Firstly, thanks to everyone who attended yesterday’s MapReducing Big Data With Luwak Webinar. Here’s the recorded screencast of the webinar along with several other MapReduce and Luwak resources.
Fixing the Count
Many thanks to commenter Mike for taking up the challenge I offered in my last post. The flaw I was referring to was, indeed, the possibility that Luwak would split one of my records across two blocks.
Baseball Batting Average, Using Riak Map/Reduce
A few days ago, I announced a tool that I assembled last weekend, called luwak_mr. That tool extends Riak’s map/reduce functionality to Luwak files.
Webinar Recap – Riak in Action with Wriaki
August 20, 2010 Thank you to those who attended our webinar yesterday. Like before, we’re recapping the questions below for everyone’s…
Link Walking By Example
February 24, 2010 Riak has a notion of “links” as part of the metadata of its objects. We talk about…
Why Vector Clocks are Easy
January 29, 2010 Vector clocks are confusing the first time you’re introduced to them. It’s not clear what their benefits are, nor…