---
title: "This week's database news, issue 129"
publication: "DB Weekly"
issue: 129
published_at: "2016-11-04"
canonical_url: "https://dbweekly.com/issues/129"
---

Database Weekly 129   . 

This week's database news -[Read this on the Web](http://dbweekly.com/issues/129) 

[Database Weekly](http://dbweekly.com) Issue 129 — November 4, 2016     

Featured [MongoDB 3.4 Released: Aiming at the Enterprise](https://www.mongodb.com/mongodb-3.4?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — Enterprise scale functionality seems to be the focus of this release with features that embrace additional data models, operational and analytical processing, and elastic cross-region scaling. MongoDBnews [NASA Is Harnessing Graph Databases To Organize Lessons Learned From Past Projects](https://www.fastcompany.com/3065044/mind-and-machine/nasa-is-harnessing-graph-databases-to-organize-lessons-learned-from-past-pr?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — NASA is modernizing its ‘lessons learned’ database with graph database technology to enable it to make better decisions in the future. Steven Melendeznews [Redis Module Speeds Spark-Powered Machine Learning](http://www.infoworld.com/article/3137210/artificial-intelligence/redis-module-speeds-spark-powered-machine-learning.html?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — The newly released Redis-ML component for the popular in-memory data store accelerates machine learning functions with Apache Spark. InfoWorldnews [Linode is the SPEEDIEST SSD host for your DB - simple, reliable & powerful.](https://welcome.linode.com/db-weekly/?utm_source=cooperpress&utm_medium=email&utm_term=db&utm_campaign=db-weekly-primary) — MySQL? MariaDB? PostgreSQL? Whatever DB you use, run it on a Linode, the most scalable, reliable and fastest servers in the cloud. Use promo code DB20 for a $20 credit and get started! linodesponsored [![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/c740311a.png)](https://welcome.linode.com/db-weekly/?utm_source=cooperpress&utm_medium=email&utm_term=db&utm_campaign=db-weekly-primary) [S2Graph: A Graph Database for Transactional Graph Processing at Scale](http://s2graph.incubator.apache.org/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — An in-progress graph database undergoing incubation at Apache. Built in Java and accessible via a REST API. Apache Software Foundationtools [Continuous MySQL Backup Validation: Restoring Backups](https://code.facebook.com/posts/1007323976059780/continuous-mysql-backup-validation-restoring-backups?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — Divij Rajkumar explains how Facebook continuously tests the ability to restore databases from backups, ensuring they can quickly recover from an outage. Facebook Codestory [Dockerizing MySQL at Uber Engineering](https://eng.uber.com/dockerizing-mysql/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — A look at Schemadock, Uber’s tooling solution for managing its increasing number of MySQL clusters. Uber Engineeringstory Jobs [Job Offers Without the Hassle - Try Hired](http://hired.com/?utm_source=newsletters&utm_medium=petercooperpress&utm_campaign=q4-16-dbweekly) — Sick of pushy recruiters, and dead end interviews? Try Hired to hear from top tier companies, and only talk to relevant companies. Hired In brief [DataStax Focusing Its Cassandra Developers Onto Its Own Enterprise Edition](http://www.datastax.com/2016/11/serving-customers-serving-the-community?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — Their work has been hugely valuable so far. DataStaxnews [Yext Launches A Developer Platform for Its Location Database Technology](https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/02/yext-launches-a-developer-platform-for-its-location-database-technology/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) Matthew Lynleynews [2016 MariaDB Developers Meetup Presentations](https://mariadb.org/2016-mariadb-developers-meetup-presentations/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — A round-up of slides and videos from presentations given at the recent 2016 MariaDB Developers Meetup in Amsterdam. Daniel Bartholomewnews [Azure SQL Database Now Supporting Up to 10 Years of Backup Retention](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/blog/azure-sql-database-now-supporting-up-to-10-years-of-backup-retention-public-preview/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) Microsoftnews [MariaDB 10.0.28 Now Available](https://mariadb.org/mariadb-10-0-28-now-available/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — Several important bug fixes, including security fixes. MariaDB Foundationnews [Webinar: ScyllaDB with Eyal Gutkind – Nov 9, 2pm EDT](https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8982628846193200132) — Learn how ScyllaDB, a Cassandra drop-in replacement that can handle 1m transaction/node with 10X performance. Composesponsored tutorial [Postgres Primary Key Type Analysis: Integers vs UUIDs](http://gosimple.me/postgresql-primary-key-type-analysis/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) GOSimpletutorial [What is Blockchain Technology? A Step-by-Step Guide For Beginners](http://blockgeeks.com/guides/what-is-blockchain-technology-a-step-by-step-guide-than-anyone-can-understand/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) Ameer Rosictutorial [Are Your Foreign Keys Indexed On SQL Server? If Not, You Might Have Problems](http://sqlservercode.blogspot.com/2016/11/are-your-foreign-keys-indexed-if-not.html?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) Denis Gobotutorial [How to Set Analyzers and Datatypes by Default to Mappings in Elasticsearch](https://qbox.io/blog/set-analyzers-datatypes-default-mappings-elasticsearch?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) Adam Vanderbushtutorial [How to Distinguish Real SQL Execution Plans from Fake Ones](https://www.pythian.com/blog/distinguish-real-sql-execution-plans-fake-ones/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) Mohammad Faisaltutorial [Docker and Neo4j for Developers Who Can't Read Good](http://kvangundy.com/wp/set-up-neo4j-and-docker/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) Kevin Van Gundytutorial [Securing PostgreSQL [PDF\]](http://thebuild.com/presentations/pgconfeu-2016-securing-postgresql.pdf?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) Christophe Pettustutorial [See what your users see](http://www.launchbit.com/taz/11185-6555-111) — Meet FullStory, the pixel-perfect session playback tool that makes it easy to answer any question about your customers online experience. Try it free for 2 weeks FullStorytools sponsored [MongoDB Cluster Migration with Zero Downtime](https://medium.com/checkr/mongodb-cluster-migration-with-zero-downtime-f4e294c29bef?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — How Checkr migrated their clusters to Atlas, MongoDB’s new cloud service. Sašo Matejinastory [Get Ready for SQL Server 2016](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kgkgJZ22VA&utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — Trainer Garth Schulte highlights five of his favorite SQL Server 2016 features in this 15 minute video. Garth Schultevideo [Big Query v. Redshift: Similarities, Differences and the Serverless Future?](https://blog.treasuredata.com/blog/2016/06/09/redshift-bigquery-similarities-differences-and-serverless-future/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) Treasure Data Blogopinion [PostgreSQL 9.6 Improves Synchronous Replication and More](https://lwn.net/Articles/703473/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — “PostgreSQL 9.6 has given users plenty of reasons to upgrade.” Josh Berkusopinion [EclairJS: A JavaScript API to Apache Spark](https://developer.ibm.com/open/eclairjs/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) IBMcode    

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