Interesting. Googling <F1> gives me Formula One results. (Yes, Googling <F1 database> yields relevant results.)
http://research.google.com/pubs/pub41344.html Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of David Crayford Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 10:11 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Google F1 was: Re: MongoDB The brainiacs over at google have invented a novel hybrid data base for their Ads business http://research.google.com/pubs/pub38125.html. It supports hierarchical schemas. Quote "With F1, we have built a novel hybrid system that combines the scalability, fault tolerance, transparent sharding, and cost benefits so far available only in “NoSQL” systems with the usability, familiarity, and transactional guarantees expected from an RDBMS." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN