Learn more about big data systems and the growing pains of relational/ACID-compliant databases and how the PNUTS design addresses these issues and needs. Learn how PNUTS compares with Google's BigTable, Amazon Dynamo/SimpleDB, MS Azure SDS, Cassandra and MySQL.
Your assignment is to read the following items and be prepared to discuss them in class.
What are some problems as databases really grow in size? How does PNUTS work? How does it compare to other distributed DB designs?