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In The Brain of Tom Wilkie: Castle: Re-inventing storage for Big Data
Castle: Re-inventing storage for Big Data
The standard Linux storage stack wasn’t designed for write-heavy big data workloads, nor is it well-suited to modern hardware: large, slow SATA disks, SSDs or many cores. Castle, an open-source project, is a ground-up overhauling of RAID, file systems, and the POSIX interface. It is released under the GPL and runs as part of the Linux kernel. Our target is 1 million random inserts per second to disk on a $1,000 commodity box, and we’re nearly there. Castle is also the core of the Acunu Data Platform, which delivers up to 100x higher performance for applications written for Cassandra and other tools.

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NOSQL eXchange 2011

Skills Matter is hosting the first annual NOSQL eXchange this November. Tom Wilkie will be presenting a whistle-stop tour of developments in NOSQL and Big Data storage, comparing and contrasting new storage engines including LevelDB, RethinkDB, Tokutek and Castle. This ground breaking one-day conference will also feature expert talks on Cassandra, MongoDB, CouchDB, Riak, and Neo4J. Follow #nosqlx for programme updates, and find out more here. * Important: early bird booking discount expires today!*

Ian Robinson and Jim Webber's Neo4J Tutorial

"Graph databases like Neo4j are an esoteric and powerful member of the NOSQL family. For highly connected data, graph databases can be thousands of times faster than relational databases, making Neo4j popular for managing complex data across many domains from finance to social, and telecoms to geospatial. This intensive two-day tutorial provides a mixture of theory and hands-on practical sessions to demonstrate the capabilities of graph data and the Neo4j database. Find out more here.

MongoDB for Developers

This two-day course spans the MongoDB gamut, covering CRUD, schema design, performance tuning, map-reduce, replication, and sharding.

This course prepares you to:

  • Understand the MongoDB command shell, query API, and driver tools.
  • Design schemas that take advantage of the document data model and of MongoDB’s core features.
  • Understand how typical RDBMS schemas can be migrated to MongoDB.
  • Build efficient indexes and troubleshoot slow queries.
  • Configure both master/slave replication and replica sets.
  • Determine when to set up a shard cluster and how to configure it.
  • Troubleshoot common issues and failure scenarios.
Find out more here

MongoDB for Administrators and Operations

This course covers everything a database administrator needs to know to successfully deploy and maintain MongoDB databases and shard clusters. In addition to deployment and maintenance, course topics will include diagnosing performance issues, importing and exporting data, and establishing the proper backup and restore routines. We'll present ideal hardware configurations and discuss common pitfalls for new deployments. The course also includes an overview of the MongoDB CRUD API, the command shell, and the drivers. Find out more here

Brian Sletten's Semantic Web Technologies Bootcamp

Brian Sletten's five day Semantic Web Technologies Bootcamp provides a broad, example-driven and compelling vision of computing's future. Organisations are struggling with data integration solutions that operate at the wrong level of abstraction or are shackled to legacy systems with no idea of how to modernize incrementally. Their service-oriented architectures decompose business processes into services without the ability to identify and protect the information that flows through these services. In this course, you will learn how the technical and business value of Web semantics is available and useful today behind firewalls as well as on the public Web.
Find out more here

Udi Dahan's Advanced Distributed Systems Design with SOA

This very intensive 5-day workshop will help you take the pain out of designing large-scale distributed systems. New technologies make it easier to comply with today’s communications and security standards, but they won't magically provide you with a robust and scalable system. Join Udi for a course packed with the wisdom of companies like SUN, Amazon and eBay. Tried-and-true theories and fallacies will be shown, helping you to avoid costly mistakes. Communications patterns like publish/subscribe and correlated one-way request/response will be demonstrated, in conjunction with advanced object-oriented state management practices for long-running workflows. If you enjoy deep architectural discussion, join! To find out more, please go here


ABOUT TOM WILKIE
Tom leads the engineering team at Acunu. He previous worked in a range of engineering roles at both Citrix and XenSource managing key customer projects with major enterprises.
More about Tom Wilkie
PODCAST CASTLE: RE-INVENTING STORAGE FOR BIG DATA
BIG DATA & NOSQL PODCASTS
William Candillon:London MUG #6, London MUG #6
William Candillon : 18th Jun 2013
View Podcast: London MUG #6,
Eric Evans:Welcome: Eric Evans, Welcome: Eric Evans
Eric Evans : 14th Jun 2013
View Podcast: Welcome: Eric Evans,
Alberto Brandolini:Rethinking Enterprise Software, Rethinking Enterprise Software
Alberto Brandolini : 14th Jun 2013
View Podcast: Rethinking Enterprise Software,
Ian Robinson:Miching Mallecho: Mischief, Motivation and Graph Models, Miching Mallecho: Mischief, Motivation a
Ian Robinson : 14th Jun 2013
View Podcast: Miching Mallecho: Mischief, Motivation and Graph Models,
Paul Rayner:DDD with Ruby on Rails and MongoDB, DDD with Ruby on Rails and MongoDB
Paul Rayner : 14th Jun 2013
View Podcast: DDD with Ruby on Rails and MongoDB,
Greg Young:Document based messaging and analysis, Document based messaging and analysis
Greg Young : 14th Jun 2013
View Podcast: Document based messaging and analysis,
Robert Smallshire:How DDD became an essential ingredient for competitive software in the energy sector, DDD in the Energy Sector
Robert Smallshire : 14th Jun 2013
View Podcast: How DDD became an essential ingredient for competitive software in the energy sector,
Eric Evans:Email, Ubiquitous Language, Visualization & Clojure: Eric's Sandbox Project, Email, Ubiquitous Language, Visualizatio
Eric Evans : 14th Jun 2013
View Podcast: Email, Ubiquitous Language, Visualization & Clojure: Eric's Sandbox Project,
 :Discuss a little Graph Theory for the Busy Developer, Discuss a little Graph Theory for the Bu
: 29th May 2013
View Podcast: Discuss a little Graph Theory for the Busy Developer,
Russel Winder:Are Go and D threats to Python?, Are Go and D threats to Python?
Russel Winder : 28th May 2013
View Podcast: Are Go and D threats to Python?,
 :STORM for streaming analytics at scale: a case study on cybersecurity, Streaming analytics at scale
: 16th May 2013
View Podcast: STORM for streaming analytics at scale: a case study on cybersecurity,
Oren Eini aka Ayende Rahien:RavenDB & the magic beans , RavenDB & the magic beans
Oren Eini aka Ayende Rahien : 15th May 2013
View Podcast: RavenDB & the magic beans ,
Akmal  Chaudhri :Considerations for using NoSQL technology on your next IT project, Considerations for using NoSQL technolog
Akmal Chaudhri : 7th May 2013
View Podcast: Considerations for using NoSQL technology on your next IT project,
Various Speakers:Lightning Talks, Lightning Talks
Various Speakers : 7th May 2013
View Podcast: Lightning Talks,
Adam Mlocek:F# embedded in Excel, F# embedded in Excel
Adam Mlocek : 25th Apr 2013
View Podcast: F# embedded in Excel,
OTHER BIG DATA & NOSQL EVENTS
Pentaho London User Group:Pentaho, Hadoop, User stories, Beer Pizza and more!, Pentaho London User Group
FREE EVENT: Pentaho, Hadoop, User stories,
London, Thursday, June 20th
amazon web services user group:Jeff Bar on Cloud Computing, amazon web services user group
FREE EVENT: Jeff Bar on Cloud Computing
London, Tuesday, June 25th
London Software Craftsmanship Community:LSCC Hands-on Session, London Software Craftsmanship Community
FREE EVENT: LSCC Hands-on Session
London, Wednesday, June 26th
Neo4J User Group:Using Neo4j and Reco4j for Graph-based recommendations, Neo4J User Group
FREE EVENT: Using Neo4j and Reco4j for Gra
London, Wednesday, June 26th
Jim Webber:Ian Robinson and Jim Webber's Neo4j Tutorial,  Ian Robinson and Jim Webber's Neo4j Tutorial
2 DAY COURSE. Featuring Jim Webber
London, Thursday, July 11th
Oren Eini aka Ayende Rahien:Ayende Rahien's RavenDB Workshop,  Ayende Rahien's RavenDB Workshop
3 DAY COURSE. Featuring Oren Eini aka Ayende Rahien
London, Wednesday, August 21st
Jim Webber:Ian Robinson and Jim Webber's Neo4j Tutorial,  Ian Robinson and Jim Webber's Neo4j Tutorial
2 DAY COURSE. Featuring Jim Webber
London, Thursday, September 5th
Nicolas  Favre-Felix:Richard Low's Cassandra Tutorial,  Richard Low's Cassandra Tutorial
2 DAY COURSE. Featuring Nicolas Favre-Felix
London, Monday, September 30th
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