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Eric Anderson (@ericmander) and Dor Laor (@DorLaor) go under the hood of Scylla, the open-source NoSQL database designed for low latency and high throughput in big data applications. Dor and his team have reimplemented Apache Cassandra in C++ from scratch, with additional compatibility for DynamoDB. In today\u2019s episode, Dor shares details on the exciting work coming out of ScyllaDB, including Seastar, their open-source C++ framework. Also, check out Scylla Summit 2021 to learn what\u2019s next for Scylla.

In this episode we discuss:

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• Enabling Scylla to \u201cgain control\u201d by implementing Apache Cassandra in C++
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• How Dor and his co-founder were ahead of the curve with their vision for virtualization
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• Scylla\u2019s unique shard-per-core architecture
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• Working with distributed teams, even before the COVID-19 pandemic
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• The growing significance of separating the interface from the engine in open-source
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• Learn about Project Circe, which is being featured at Scylla Summit 2021 right now
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Links:

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• Scylla
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• Seastar
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• Scylla Summit 2021
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• Apache Cassandra
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• DynamoDB
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• MongoDB
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• Redhat
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• QEMU
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• Redis
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• Vectorized
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• Apache Hadoop
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• Apache HBase
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• Apache Beam
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• Apache Flink
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• Apache Spark
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People mentioned:

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• Avi Kivity (@AviKivity)
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