Philip O'Toole

Philip O'Toole

rqlite 6.5.0 released

rqlite is a lightweight, open-source, distributed relational database written in Go, which uses SQLite as its storage engine. 6.5.0 adds new management features, and improved diagnostics. You can download the release from GitHub.

rqlite at Carnegie Mellon University

Full details for my upcoming talk on rqlite to the Carnegie Mellon Database Group are now available. I will discuss rqlite goals, design, and implementation, with particular reference to its use of the Raft consensus algorithm, and its embedding of…

rqlite 6.4.3 released

rqlite is a lightweight, open-source, distributed relational database written in Go, which uses SQLite as its storage engine. 6.4.3 includes important bug fixes related to large databases, and improved status and diagnostics. You can download the release from GitHub.

rqlite 6.1.0 released

rqlite is a lightweight, open-source, distributed relational database written in Go, with SQLite as its storage engine. 6.1.0 enables new SQLite options including JSON1 support and the DBSTAT table. It also supports proper concurrent database reads for in-memory databases, and…

LowEndBox talks rqlite

LowEndBox has written a good blog post on rqlite, the lightweight, open-source, distributed relational database written in Go, which uses SQLite as its storage engine. You can check it out here.

rqlite on dbdb.io

The Database of Databases website is a great resource to learn about databases, and related storage systems. It allows you search by various criteria, including storage model, durability, and query interface. I recently updated the entry for rqlite, which you…

rqlite 5.12.0 released

rqlite is a lightweight, open-source, distributed relational database written in Go, with SQLite as its storage engine. v5.12.0 is now out and upgrades SQLite to 3.35.4. You can download the release from GitHub.

rqlite 5.11.1 released

rqlite is a lightweight, open-source, distributed relational database written in Go, with SQLite as its storage engine. v5.11.1 is now out and fixes a significant bug in the Raft-related compression code. You can download the release from GitHub.

Plugging a memory leak in rqlite

My most recent post on Reddit got a reader’s attention, and they remarked that rqlite 5.10.0 memory usage grew during the load test, but no such increase in memory usage was seen during the same testing of 5.6.0. Sure enough,…

rqlite 5.8.0 released

rqlite is a lightweight, open-source, distributed relational database written in Go, with SQLite as its storage engine. v5.8.0 is now out, fixes some minor bugs, and adds support for HTTP/2 over TLS. It also stores a compressed copy of the…

rqlite 5.4.2 released

rqlite is a lightweight, open-source, distributed relational database written in Go, with SQLite as its storage engine. v5.4.2 is now out, and fixes a bug related to HTTPS operation. You can download the release from GitHub.

rqlite 5.4.0 released

rqlite is a lightweight, open-source, distributed relational database written in Go, with SQLite as its storage engine. v5.4.0 is now out, and adds some more control over cluster-join operations. You can download the release from GitHub.

From Rackspace to GCP

I’ve finally completed the migration of this site from Rackspace to GCP. I switched over the DNS record this afternoon, and everything seems fully functional. I’m even using Cloud Logging and BigQuery to analyze my Apache access logs.

rqlite 5.3.0 released

rqlite is a lightweight, open-source, distributed relational database written in Go, with SQLite as its storage engine. v5.3.0 is now out, and adds a new node-removal command to the CLI. You can download the release from GitHub.

rqlite 5.2.0 released

rqlite is a lightweight, open-source, distributed relational database written in Go, with SQLite as its storage engine. v5.2.0 is now out, and has an important bug fix related to its use of the Raft consensus system. Upgrading is strongly recommended.…