Name: DuckDB: Embedded Analytics with Parallel/Vector/Columnar Performance
Start: 2021-05-12T13:30:00+00:00
End: 2021-05-13T13:30:00+00:00

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Jim Tommaney - Databricks - Percona Live 2021 - Altinity Community Track

DuckDB is a project coming out of CWI in the Netherlands that combines vector, columnar, and parallel capabilities.

Highlights:

Great performance for analytic queries
Fast batch load
Near linear scaling
Near-zero administration

DuckDB is a SQLite replacement for analytics.

In this session you will learn about:

What is different about Embedded/Serverless data engines?
Current performance and features of DuckDB
Best practices using DuckDB

Speakers

Jim Tommaney

Currently performance tuning at Databricks. Previously architect of InniDB (now available as MariaDB Columnstore)

Hands-on experience delivering solutions across verticals including Telco, Mobile Marketing, CRM, Genomics, fraud analytics and more.

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