---
title: "This week's database news, issue 111"
publication: "DB Weekly"
issue: 111
published_at: "2016-07-01"
canonical_url: "https://dbweekly.com/issues/111"
---

Database Weekly 111   . 

This week's database news -[Read this on the Web](http://dbweekly.com/issues/111) 

[Database Weekly](http://dbweekly.com) Issue 111 — July 1, 2016     

Featured [Analyzing the Graph of Thrones with Neo4j](http://www.lyonwj.com/2016/06/26/graph-of-thrones-neo4j-social-network-analysis/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — A fun walk through a practical use for graph databases based around interactions in a book that led to the TV show, _Game of Thrones._ William Lyontutorial [Before You Start Drawing: Database Modeling Tips](http://www.vertabelo.com/blog/technical-articles/before-you-start-drawing-database-modeling-tips?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — A look at the process behind whether to build a new database, database modelling, and how to bring a new database together. Emil Drkušićtutorial [MIT and EnterpriseDB Launch ‘Vision Talks’ Executive Roundtable Series](http://www.enterprisedb.com/news-events/press-releases/mit-technology-review-and-enterprisedb-launch-vision-talks-executive-roun?src=2016_DBW_VisionTalks) — MIT Technology Review and EnterpriseDB (EDB) collaborated to launch an international ‘Vision Talks’ executive roundtable series to explore how open source software is helping organizations transform their infrastructures to meet today’s data-driven demands. EnterpriseDBsponsored [![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/673e3b2a.png)](http://www.enterprisedb.com/news-events/press-releases/mit-technology-review-and-enterprisedb-launch-vision-talks-executive-roun?src=2016_DBW_VisionTalks) [MongoDB Launches Atlas, Its New Database-as-a-Service](https://techcrunch.com/2016/06/28/mongodb-launches-atlas-its-new-database-as-a-service-offering/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — MongoDB, the company behind the eponymous open source database, has launched Atlas, a pay-as-you-go cloud based database-as-a-service. AWS only for now but with Azure and Google Cloud support coming. TechCrunchnews [A Practical Introduction to RethinkDB](http://tutorials.pluralsight.com/nosql-databases/a-practical-introduction-to-rethinkdb?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — A look at how to work with RethinkDB , a document-based NoSQL database, from its installation to developing a simple application in Node.js to show off its real-time capabilities. Esteban Herreratutorial [Couchbase Server 4.5 Released](http://blog.couchbase.com/2016/june/announcing-couchbase-server-4.5?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — A general purpose document-oriented NoSQL database for Web, mobile and IoT applications. 4.5 improves on the tooling behind N1QL, a SQL dialect used by Couchbase. Couchbasenews Jobs [The Easiest Way to Find a Job](https://hired.com/?utm_source=newsletters&utm_medium=petercooperpress&utm_term=cat-tech-database&utm_content=easiest&utm_campaign=q2-16-dbweekly&utm_location=us) — Hired lets you sit back while job offers come to you. When you complete your profile, instantly apply to 3,500+ companies on the platform who will contact you with job offers, including salary and equity up-front. [Try it today.](https://hired.com/?utm_source=newsletters&utm_medium=petercooperpress&utm_term=cat-tech-database&utm_content=easiest&utm_campaign=q2-16-dbweekly&utm_location=us) Hired.​com In brief [PostgreSQL 9.6 Beta 2 Released](https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1677/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — The final 9.6 release is expected late in the year. Postgresql.​orgnews [Crunchy Data Container Suite Packages PostgresSQL](http://www.datanami.com/2016/06/28/crunchy-data-container-suite-packages-postgressql/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) George Leopoldnews [On-demand Webinar: Turbocharge Your SQL Queries In-Memory with Apache® Ignite™](http://go.gridgain.com/Webinar-TurbochargeSQL-DBWeekly.html) — Learn how to boost performance 1,000X and scale to over 1 billion transactions per second with your SQL-based applications. GridGain In-Memory Data Fabricsponsored [Apache Kudu in 5 Minutes](http://gavlaaaaaaaa.github.io/Apache-Kudu/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — Kudu is a storage layer for Hadoop enabling ‘fast analytics on fast data’. Lewis Gavintutorial [Feature Analysis with Mean-Time-Between-Usage Calculation in SQL](https://periscopedata.com/blog//feature-analaysis-with-mean-time-to-use-calcuation.html?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — The latest in a long line of advanced SQL examples from Periscope. Periscopetutorial [Apache Cassandra 3.x and Materialized Views](https://www.instaclustr.com/blog/2016/06/07/apache-cassandra-3-x-and-materialized-views/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) Ben Bromheadtutorial [Understanding Database Durability with Hard Disks](https://ayende.com/blog/174563/the-guts-n-glory-of-database-internals-understanding-durability-with-hard-disks?Key=0e041e15-02d1-4007-9963-2511d8fc1d43&utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) Ayende Rahientutorial [How to Map and Reindex Elasticsearch Data](https://qbox.io/blog/how-to-map-reindex-elasticsearch-data?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) Adam Vanderbushtutorial [Creating a MongoDB Replica Set using Docker](http://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/2016/06/30/docker-mongo-replica-set/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) Soham Kamanitutorial [Anatomy of an Elasticsearch Cluster: Part I](http://insightdataengineering.com/blog/elasticsearch-crud/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) Ronak Nathanitutorial [See inside your Redis database. New memory mapping from RedisGreen](http://www.redisgreen.net/memory-analysis/index.html?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2016b&utm_content=link&utm_term=inside+memory+map) — RedisGreen's new memory map models your database, helping you track down problems and gain new insights. RedisGreentools sponsored [8 Tips for Achieving ROI with Your Data Lake](http://www.datanami.com/2016/06/30/7-tips-achieving-roi-data-lake/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) Datanamiopinion [RethinkDB 2.1.5 Performance and Scalability](http://rethinkdb.com/blog/rethinkdb-performance-report/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) RethinkDBopinion [Why Is Oracle Losing Ground?](https://www.reddit.com/r/Database/comments/4q4zy7/why_is_oracle_losing_ground/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — Price and contracts seem to be the biggest factors here. Redditopinion [Solr vs Elasticsearch for Relevancy: Battle of the Query DSLs](http://opensourceconnections.com/blog/2016/01/22/solr-vs-elasticsearch-relevance-part-two/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — In short, it’s a tie. Doug Turnbullopinion [On Kinds of Keys: Natural, Primary and Surrogate; and the NoSQL Illusion](http://www.dbdebunk.com/2016/06/on-kinds-of-keys-natural-primary-and.html?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) Fabian Pascalopinion [Why You Should Use Postgres Over MySQL for Analytics Purposes](https://medium.com/holistics-software/why-you-should-use-postgres-over-mysql-for-analytics-purpose-e3df42df35d7?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) Huy Nguyenopinion [SnappyData, MemSQL-Spark & Cassandra-Spark: A Performance Benchmark](http://www.snappydata.io/blog/snappydata-memsql-cassandra-a-performance-benchmark?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) Yogesh Mahajanopinion [The NoSQL Tech Behind Vivint's Smart Home](http://www.datanami.com/2016/06/29/nosql-tech-behind-vivints-smart-home/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) Datanamistory    

Database Weekly is curated by Peter Cooper [Read this issue on the Web](http://dbweekly.com/issues/111) [See our archives](http://dbweekly.com/issues) [Change your email address](*|UPDATE_PROFILE|*)  [Stop getting this newsletter](*|UNSUB|*)  

Published by [Cooperpress](https://cooperpress.com/)
Fairfield Enterprise Centre, Lincoln Way, Louth, LN11 0LS, UK