Relational databases are designed to run on a single server in order to maintain the integrity of the table mappings and avoid the problems of distributed computing.

We’re at a tipping point with data volume. In my last post, I showed the stat from EMC about how the digital universe is expected to grow from 4.4 zettabytes in 2013 to 44 zettabytes in 2020 (remember a zettabyte is 1 trillion gigabytes). That’s hockey stick growth, and we’re just at the start of the curve. Organizations