Data Engineering Resources

9 Important Steps for Successful Integration Projects

System integration involves integrating existing (often disparate) subsystems and then creating unique and new value for the customer or end user. This blog lays out various steps to take and things to consider when planning an integration solution.

Updated June 16, 2016

by Anil Bhimineni

· 11,292 Views · 2 Likes

Redis Replication vs Sharding

Replication and sharding can both be helpful in providing for these needs. Whether your database is in need of one, the other, or both, it is helpful to know what each of these does.

June 15, 2016

by Darren Perucci

· 10,443 Views · 3 Likes

MongoDB Design Patterns

MongoDB is a versatile tool, but it's not perfect for everything. For situations where it doesn't work, you can sometimes use design patterns to get around them.

June 15, 2016

by Darel Lasrado

· 21,986 Views · 11 Likes

MySQL vs. MongoDB: The Pros and Cons When Building a Social Network

When building a social network, it's important to think over the benefits and drawbacks of the major database types.

June 15, 2016

by Darren Perucci

· 13,307 Views · 1 Like

Practical Fun with NetBIOS Name Service and Computer Browser Service (Part 2)

Part 2: Computer Browser Service. This article will give an introduction to how computers appear in the Windows Network window and why network neighborhood discovery in Windows is, well… not particularly reliable, to say the least.

June 14, 2016

by Vladimir Gladkov

· 13,580 Views · 2 Likes

What is JSON? How Do I Use It? Does It Beat BSON?

If you’ve ever wondered about JSON—what it is, how to use it or what it has to do with BSON—then you’ve come to the right place. In this article I’ll explore what these acronyms stand for and what these formats do in the world of programming and databases.

June 14, 2016

by Darren Perucci

· 6,616 Views · 1 Like

Putting the 'Micro' Into Microservices With Raspberry Pi

A brilliant post on building real life microservices on Raspberry Pis, including service discovery, scalability, and the use of JAX-RS.

June 14, 2016

by Holly Cummins

· 13,741 Views · 8 Likes

Redis Production Checklist

If you are going into production with Redis, it is a good idea to check over a few things before you go live.

Updated June 14, 2016

by Darren Perucci

· 6,491 Views · 8 Likes

From POSIX to AWS and S3

Learn how storage evolved from the prototypical hierarchical method of old to the seemingly limitless systems of AWS' S3 system.

June 12, 2016

by Brad King

· 5,520 Views · 3 Likes

Practical Golang: Getting Started With NATS and Related Patterns

This article discusses the simple, astonishingly fast Message BUS NATS, as well as how to use it in Go.

June 11, 2016

by Brian Flannery

· 18,812 Views · 3 Likes

Elasticsearch Throttling Indexing

If segment merging falls behind indexing, Elasticsearch will throttle indexing requests to a single thread.

June 10, 2016

by James Carr

· 11,756 Views · 2 Likes

Relation of Middleware to Microservices, Docker, and Cloud-Native Architectures

This rather long, but extremely well-researched article by Kai Wähner is a follow-up and update to his previous article "Microservices and whether that spells the death of the Enterprise Service Bus and other middleware." In this piece, he discusses how relevant microservices, containers, and a cloud-native architecture is for middleware. Take the time and read this... it's well worth it!

June 10, 2016

by Kai Wähner

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