riak
A decentralized, distributed key-value datastore designed for high availability and fault tolerance.
What is riak?
Riak is a distributed, decentralized key-value datastore designed for high availability and fault tolerance. It provides a scalable storage solution where data is automatically replicated across multiple nodes in a cluster, ensuring accessibility even during hardware failures or network partitions. The system follows a masterless architecture where all nodes are equal, eliminating single points of failure.
Developers and organizations building distributed systems that require highly available, fault-tolerant data storage with horizontal scalability. Particularly suitable for applications where data availability is more critical than strong consistency.
Riak offers exceptional availability and fault tolerance through its decentralized design, making it ideal for systems that must remain operational despite node failures. Unlike centralized databases, it provides automatic data distribution and replication without requiring complex configuration or management overhead.
Overview
Riak is a decentralized datastore from Basho Technologies.
Use Cases
Best For
- Storing session data in distributed web applications
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