---
title: "#171: Jepsen Offers System-Wide Approach to Testing Databases at Scale"
publication: "DB Weekly"
issue: 171
published_at: "2017-09-08"
canonical_url: "https://dbweekly.com/issues/171"
---

Database Weekly 171   

This week's database news -[Read this on the Web](http://dbweekly.com/issues/171) 

[Database Weekly](http://dbweekly.com) Issue 171 — September 8, 2017     

[The Total Newbie’s Guide to Cassandra](https://blog.insightdatascience.com/the-total-newbies-guide-to-cassandra-e63bce0316a4?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — If you’ve not had to use Cassandra yet, this is a good entry-level primer to what it’s for and how it’s used. Max M McKittricktutorial ['Database Learning' Aims to Speed Queries](https://www.datanami.com/2017/08/31/database-learning-aims-speed-queries/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — A University of Michigan team has built a tool to enable existing databases to ‘learn’ from user queries in order to optimize. Datanamistory [Jepsen Offers System-Wide Approach to Testing Databases at Scale](https://thenewstack.io/jepsen-offers-system-wide-approach-testing-databases-scale/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — _“Jepsen is a project to analyze distributed systems under stress and to understand if concurrency problems are going to manifest…”_ Mark Boydnews [Linux cloud hosting starting at 1GB of RAM for $5/mo](https://welcome.linode.com/db-weekly/?utm_source=cooperpress&utm_medium=email&utm_term=db&utm_campaign=db-weekly-primary) — Get a Linode server up and running in seconds. Simply choose your plan, distro and location and you’re ready to deploy your server. Use promo code DB20 for a $20 credit on a new account. Linode Cloud Hostingsponsored [![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/8fa37de6.png)](https://welcome.linode.com/db-weekly/?utm_source=cooperpress&utm_medium=email&utm_term=db&utm_campaign=db-weekly-primary) [Let's Build a Simple Database in C](https://cstack.github.io/db_tutorial/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — If you really want to get under the hood, here’s some pointers on creating a SQLite clone from scratch in C. Connor Stacktutorial [Publishing with Apache Kafka at The New York Times](https://www.confluent.io/blog/publishing-apache-kafka-new-york-times/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — How Apache Kafka and its Streams API are used for storing and processing all the articles published by the NYT. Boerge Svingenstory [Relational Databases Remain Popular As Data Sources Grow](https://www.datanami.com/2017/09/06/rdbms-remains-popular-data-sources-grow/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — In a world rich with third party APIs and services, analytics tools, and new database technologies, RDBMS remain in the lead. Datanaminews [Building An Interactive Game of Thrones Map](https://blog.patricktriest.com/game-of-thrones-map-node-postgres-redis/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — A fun guide to building a Node.js API to serve a geospatial ‘Game of Thrones’ map, leaning heavily on Postgres (with PostGIS) and Redis. Patrick Triesttutorial [MongoDB Europe 2017 Conference (London, Nov 8)](https://www.mongodb.com/europe17?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) MongoDBnews [Database Migrations to AWS Gaining Momentum](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/database-migration-gaining-momentum/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — Over 35,000 unique databases have now been migrated to AWS using AWS DMS. Amazon Web Servicesnews [Percona Live Europe 2017 - Dublin (25-27 September)](https://www.percona.com/live/e17/?utm_campaign=CooperPress%20PLE17%20--%208.24.17&utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — Join the Open Source database community for various talks on MySQL, MongoDB, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, RocksDB & more. Percona Live Europenews sponsored [A Song of Ice and Databases: A Game of Thrones Data Model](http://www.vertabelo.com/blog/technical-articles/a-song-of-ice-and-databases-a-game-of-thrones-data-model?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — No plot spoilers – just a data model based on the Game of Thrones TV series. Vertabelotutorial [How to Integrate Spring Data JPA, PostgreSQL, and Liquibase](https://auth0.com/blog/integrating-spring-data-jpa-postgresql-liquibase/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — ..to manage the persistence layer of a Spring Boot application. Bruno Krebstutorial [Tarantool vs. Redis: In-Memory Databases Face Off](https://dzone.com/articles/tarantool-v-redis-in-memory-databases-face-off?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — Are you curious to know how Tarantool (an open source NoSQL database) stacks up against Redis? This post covers some advantages. DZone Databaseopinion [Practical Scalability Analysis with the Universal Scalability Law](https://www.vividcortex.com/resources/universal-scalability-law/?utm_campaign=DB%20Weekly&utm_source=ppc&utm_medium=Practical%20Scalability) — The Universal Scalability Law models how systems perform as they grow. This ebook shows how to best use it. VividCortexsponsored [Ultimate List of 32 Oracle SQL IDEs Compared](https://www.databasestar.com/oracle-sql-ide-comparison/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — A guide to help you compare Oracle IDEs and decide which one to use. Ben Brummtools    

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