Tag database

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…

Moving to Protocol Buffers with rqlite 5.7.0

rqlite is a lightweight, open-source, distributed relational database written in Go, with SQLite as its storage engine. v5.7.0 is now out, and introduces a major implementation change — replacing JSON encoding with Protocol Buffers for the Raft Log Entries.

Parameterized SQL with rqlite 5.5.0

rqlite is a lightweight, open-source, distributed relational database written in Go, with SQLite as its storage engine. v5.5.0 is now out, and adds support for Parameterized SQL statements.

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.

Logs and Time Series are not the same

If you work in the logging, monitoring — or even Observability — space long enough, you eventually end up on team that tries to build a system that handles both logs and time series in a high-performant and cost-efficient manner.…

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.

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.…

rqlite 5.1.1 released

rqlite is a lightweight, open-source, distributed relational database written in Go, with SQLite as its storage engine. v5.1.1 is now out, and fixes a minor bug related to stale reads and freshness checking. You can download the release from GitHub.

rqlite on InfoWorld

rqlite got a mention in an InfoWorld article. Titled 9 offbeat databases worth a look, I’m glad to see the author got the details right. Be sure to check out the article.

rqlite 5.0.0 released

rqlite is a lightweight, open-source, distributed relational database written in Go, with SQLite as its storage engine. v5.0.0 is now out, and is the first major upgrade in over 2 years.

rqlite 4.6.0 released

rqlite is a lightweight, open-source distributed relational database, with SQLite as its storage engine. v4.6.0 is now out has many new database management features. You can download the release from GitHub.

go mod in rqlite

rqlite is a lightweight, open-source distributed relational database, with SQLite as its storage engine. The 5.0 branch of rqlite now has standard dependency management. Thanks to Elliot Courant, this pull request adds go mod support.

Using Commutativity for Faster Replication

I recently came across a new paper co-authored by John Ousterhout, one of the original authors of the Raft protocol. In it John, and his co-author, describe an approach which can double the throughput of some popular replicated distributed key-value…

Learning data engineering

Sometime ago I was asked where to begin to learn data engineering. It was a broad question, and it took some to understand what exactly I was being asked.