Riak
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CommentsWhat is Riak?
Riak is a distributed database designed to deliver maximum data availability by distributing data across multiple servers. As long as your client can reach one Riak server, it should be able to write data. In most failure scenarios, the data you want to read should be available, although it may not be the most up-to-date version of that data.
Riak is a tool in the Databases category of a tech stack.
Riak Pros & Cons
Pros of Riak
- ✓High Performance
- ✓High Availability
- ✓Easy Scalability
- ✓Flexible
- ✓Distributed
- ✓Eventual Consistency
- ✓Multi datacenter deployments
- ✓Reliable
- ✓Strong Consistency
Cons of Riak
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Riak Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Riak?
MySQL
The MySQL software delivers a very fast, multi-threaded, multi-user, and robust SQL (Structured Query Language) database server. MySQL Server is intended for mission-critical, heavy-load production systems as well as for embedding into mass-deployed software.
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types and functions.
MongoDB
MongoDB stores data in JSON-like documents that can vary in structure, offering a dynamic, flexible schema. MongoDB was also designed for high availability and scalability, with built-in replication and auto-sharding.
