Comparison of the Frontier Distributed Database Caching System with NoSQL Databases

Document #:

CS-doc-4472-v2

Document type:

Conference

Submitted by:

Dave Dykstra

Updated by:

Dave Dykstra

Document Created:

13 Oct 2011, 16:00

Contents Revised:

20 Jul 2012, 12:01

Metadata Revised:

20 Jul 2012, 12:01

Abstract:

Non-relational "NoSQL" databases such as Cassandra and CouchDB are best known for their ability to scale to large numbers of clients spread over a wide area. The Frontier distributed database caching system, used in production by the Large Hadron Collider CMS and ATLAS detector projects, is based on traditional SQL databases but also has the same high scalability and wide-area distributability for an important subset of applications. This paper compares the architectures, behavior, performance, and maintainability of the two different approaches and identifies the criteria for choosing which approach to prefer over the other.

Files in Document:

• Paper (CHEP12_Paper_NOSQLvsFrontier.pdf, 193.8 kB)
• Paper OpenOffice source (CHEP12_Paper_NOSQLvsFrontier.odt, 85.9 kB)
• Talk (CHEP12_Talk_NOSQLvsFrontier.pdf, 181.1 kB)
• Talk OpenOffice source (CHEP12_Talk_NOSQLvsFrontier.odp, 147.5 kB)

Topics:

• High Performance Computing
• Scientific Computing Facilities
• Experiment/Scientific Program:CMS Support
• US CMS CAS:Dist Computing Applications

Authors:

• Dave Dykstra

Associated with Events:

CHEP 2012 held on 21 May 2012 in New York, New York