Project Voldemort Scaling Simple Storage At LinkedIn

The data store whose name is inspired by he who shall not be named is actually the brainchild of LinkedIn. In this presentation by Jay Kreps he walks us through the following:

• LinkedIn's motivations for creating Voldemort.
• Core concepts that are key to understanding Voldemort, i.e. CAP, Consistency Models, Partitioning, etc.
• Implementation details such as client API, versioning, serialization and routing to name a few.
• How Voldemort is being used at LinkedIn
• The results of deploying Voldemort withing LinkedIn, some performance numbers, weaknesses and upcoming features.

The presentation provides a clear concise review of several core concepts that are relevant in almost all NoSQL data stores. In addition, the presentation provides a helpful introduction to Voldemort.