It always sounds easy - "use the best tool for the job". With very isolated systems, it's easy to decide RDBMS for one application, Redis for another and Cassandra for somethings else. When it comes time to building systems with multiple persistent stores, we're met with challenges in integration, existing applications, and push back from IT administrators. In this session, we'll look at the multitude of challenges of achieving polyglot persistence nirvana, and strategies for addressing associated risks.