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Case Study: Powering Customer-Facing Dashboards at Scale Using Rockset with PostgreSQL at DataBrain

Rockset

Summary: DataBrain, a SaaS company, was using PostgreSQL through Amazon RDS to land and query incoming customer data. However, PostgreSQL couldn’t scale, quickly ingest schemaless data, or efficiently run analytics as DataBrain’s data grew. One customer was already generating 60 million rows of data.

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Methods for Running SQL on JSON in PostgreSQL, MySQL and Other Relational Databases

Rockset

One of the main hindrances to getting value from our data is that we have to get data into a form that’s ready for analysis. Consider the hoops we have to jump through when working with semi-structured data, like JSON, in relational databases such as PostgreSQL and MySQL. It sounds simple, but it rarely is.

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Why Real-Time Analytics Requires Both the Flexibility of NoSQL and Strict Schemas of SQL Systems

Rockset

Typically stored in SQL statements, the schema also defines all the tables in the database and their relationship to each other. Companies carefully engineered their ETL data pipelines to align with their schemas (not vice-versa). SQL queries were easier to write. They also ran a lot faster. There were heavy tradeoffs, though.

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SQL for Data Engineering: Success Blueprint for Data Engineers

ProjectPro

At the heart of these data engineering skills lies SQL that helps data engineers manage and manipulate large amounts of data. Did you know SQL is the top skill listed in 73.4% of data engineer job postings on Indeed? Almost all major tech organizations use SQL. use SQL, compared to 61.7%

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Difference Between Data Structure and Database

Knowledge Hut

An ordered set of data kept in a computer system and typically managed by a database management system (DBMS) is called a database. Table modeling of the data in standard databases facilitates efficient searching and processing. SQL, or structured query language, is widely used for writing and querying data.

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The Power of Exploratory Data Analysis for ML

Cloudera

First of all, there’s the question of what data is currently available within their organization, where it is, and how it can be accessed. Data scientists might want to do some SQL – based profiling, or visualize the data to better understand the distributions, veracity, and hidden nuances. Next Steps.

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Building A Better Data Warehouse For The Cloud At Firebolt

Data Engineering Podcast

Your host is Tobias Macey and today I’m interviewing Eldad Farkash about Firebolt, a cloud data warehouse optimized for speed and elasticity on structured and semi-structured data Interview Introduction How did you get involved in the area of data management?