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So relational databases are old school, and column stores are all the hip trendy thing, despite throwing away a ton of features?

What is the rationale of putting this work into Mysql? With its sloppy execution and the dark clouds of Oracle hanging over it? Why not Postgres, or even MariaDB instead?

I don't think "Webscale" is the right word; they should have used "Worldscale". The web part is irrelevant here.

Previous discussion in HN at least here: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7480843" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7480843</a><p>Project page: <a href="http://webscalesql.org/" rel="nofollow">http://webscalesql.org/</a>

Currently under what circumstances will we see performance increases, and by how much?

Well not just Google / Facebook but Linkedin and Twitter are also in the team.

So relational databases are old school, and column stores are all the hip trendy thing, despite throwing away a ton of features?

What is the rationale of putting this work into Mysql? With its sloppy execution and the dark clouds of Oracle hanging over it? Why not Postgres, or even MariaDB instead?

I don't think "Webscale" is the right word; they should have used "Worldscale". The web part is irrelevant here.

Currently under what circumstances will we see performance increases, and by how much?

Well not just Google / Facebook but Linkedin and Twitter are also in the team.

Google and Facebook Team Up to Modernize Old-School Databases

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Google and Facebook Team Up to Modernize Old-School Databases

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