Operational Database Management Systems
Q1. MySQL’s spatial query optimizer must handle complex geometric predicates efficiently. Can you walk us through the key challenges in optimizing spatial queries—particularly for operations like spatial joins and nearest-neighbor searches? How do computational geometry...
“One of the key differences between PostgreSQL and most other Open Source databases is that PostgreSQL is an Open Source project, not an Open Source product.” Q1. What are some of the most anticipated...
Q1. In your benchmark, one of the most intriguing results was that Exasol’s distributed MPP architecture outperformed DuckDB even on a single server — essentially DuckDB’s “home game.” This challenges the conventional wisdom that embedded...
Q1. From your experience managing the Database System Technology Masters program and teaching at diverse institutions ranging from community colleges to Division I universities, how have you seen the role of MySQL evolve in database...
Q1. Many enterprises are shifting towards real-time, event-driven architectures. How do Apache Kafka, PostgreSQL, and Apache Flink complement each other to form the backbone of a modern data platform, and what fundamental business capability...
Q1. You are the maintainer of innotop. What is it, and what is it useful for? innotop is a real-time command-line monitoring tool for MySQL. It provides a top-like interface, allowing you to view server...
Q1. Congratulations for your title of MySQL Legend 2024. What is your role now that you are a Legend and how do you support the MySQL community? I have been involved with the MySQL...
Q1. Database query performance is an important metric. In one of your recent blogs, you argued that this is not enough, “resulting in complicated implementations and high operational efforts.” What do you mean by...
Q1. In your opinion, what are the features and factors that are needed to make a database well-suited to the demands of enterprise AI? Enterprise AI is already complicated, and the last thing customers...
Q1. You have 18 years of experience in mission-critical database design. What are the main lessons you have learned in all these years? Test, test, and test one more time! When I started at...