NuoDB another NewSQL database.

To be completely honest, I have never heard the term "NewSQL" before in my life. After a quick Google, it seems that the term basically means "SQL databases that go FAST LIKE NOSQL." (Though it's not really popular.) Which is, once again, completely missing the point.<p>I can't speak for professional devs - I'm just a hobbyist - but I'm not developing for "NoSQL" databases like CouchDB and Redis because I want to do SUPER WEB SCALE. I'm developing for CouchDB and Redis because they offer truly interesting alternative ways to look at your data. (In fact, Redis is what got me interested in data structures.) And if I wanted to write a project that used data that makes sense from a relational standpoint, SQLite (for development) and Postgres (for production) are just fine with me.

For those wondering about it, don't bother searching for 'NewSQL'. It's a buzzword that doesn't actually mean anything other than 'it's not mysql, pgsql, oracle, or mssql.' They claim to improve on the standard DBs, but every single DB does it in a different way. The name is useless.<p>Instead, read the 'who we are' and 'how it works' bits on NuoDB's page. They were much more informative.<p>I think it sounds exciting and fresh... And doesn't seem to be open source at all.<p>I'm not allergic to paying money for software, but I've found I'm happiest when using something that I can guarantee will survive, even if may have to do so by my own hand. Commercial products have a tendency to be a pain in the rear.

Now with <i>Cloudbursting</i>!<p>Looks like they are doing a pure enterprise push: <i>NuoDB, Inc., the thought leader in cloud database technology, ...</i>

I'm a big fan of relational theory and I'm always happy to see any activity in this space. However, their "revolutionary" distributed model seems to be similar to something which is already out there, open source, and ready for use:<p><a href="http://bandilab.org/blog/2011-06-22.Ostap.Running_on_Multiple_Nodes.html" rel="nofollow">http://bandilab.org/blog/2011-06-22.Ostap.Running_on_Multipl...</a><p>or maybe I just don't have enough information about the nuodb ?

Has anyone actually tried this wonder-machine or is it Vaporware?<p>I remember submitting an evaluation request almost a year ago but never received a response.<p>Their homepage and blog don't seem to have changed since then either; no real information anywhere, only truck-loads of PR fluff.

Their claims reminded me of Jim Starkey's history with the CAP theorem: <a href="http://pl.atyp.us/wordpress/index.php/2010/03/cap-and-leases/" rel="nofollow">http://pl.atyp.us/wordpress/index.php/2010/03/cap-and-leases...</a>

in case anyone else was wondering: the key CAP-related "compromise", from "how it works", is that on partition it supports transactions on only one sub-set of nodes (the "healthiest"); the others provide read-only snapshots.<p><a href="http://nuodb.com/how_it_works.html" rel="nofollow">http://nuodb.com/how_it_works.html</a> (see "Availability and Resiliency").

Anybody know why they changed the name? Nimbus seems more pronounceable.

can't wait to read the white paper

Alas, I can't downvote this link.<p>Can anybody explain why I should go with this instead of Pg?<p>To the submitter or anybody else sufficiently knowledgeable: When will ORMs get support for this? I use SQLA but could port Django or ActiveRecord code.