Zvents software architect, Doug Judd, discussed a short code example from soon be released open-source distributed data storage system, Hypertable, with LinuxWorld. In the podcast (Download: mp3 / iTunes) he explains the basics and high performance of Hypertable which is designed to support applications requiring maximum performance, scalability, and reliability.

Since Hypertable is starting from the ground up, also discussed are the system’s goals, strengths, and limitations with some insight to the state of the art in project infrastructure, including git for revision control, cmake for build, and Google Code for issue tracking.

Listen now: mp3 / iTunes

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