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DynamoDB is not open source, at least according to a blog comment by Jeff Barr of AWS. (http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2012/01/amazon-dynamodb-internet-scale-data-s

by cleaver 15y ago

DynamoDB is not open source, at least according to a blog comment by Jeff Barr of AWS. (http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2012/01/amazon-dynamodb-internet-scale-data-storage-the-nosql-way.html http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2012/01/amazon-dynamodb-internet-...) I'm certainly not going to commit to platform lock-in like that. I know a lot of folks were hit hard by Googles app engine price changes and it could happen again here with DynamoDB.

techscruggs 15y ago
Then you don't use S3?
- sciurus 15y ago
  There's an open implementation of S3. http://open.eucalyptus.com/wiki/EucalyptusStorage_v1.4 http://open.eucalyptus.com/wiki/EucalyptusStorage_v1.4
- cleaver 15y ago
  I don't actually, but I feel there is less lock-in. It wouldn't be hard to move off. Also, the risk of S3 pricing changing greatly is constrained by the wide adoption. If DynamoDB failed to become pervasive, it would be relatively easy for Amazon to increase the price to make an underutilized service profitable. OTOH, if DynamoDB does become as popular as S3 your exposure to risk will be much less.
  - spullara 15y ago
    It would be pretty easy to implement the DynamoDB API on top of HBase so I wouldn't worry too much about that.
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