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As the blog post says, Bigtable internally runs virtually all of Google's big services. This means it's rock solid, and it's not about to get discontinued anyt

As the blog post says, Bigtable internally runs virtually all of Google's big services. This means it's rock solid, and it's not about to get discontinued anytime soon.

rplnt 12y ago
So just pricing will change, got it :)
cmelbye 12y ago
You've obviously not tried Google Cloud Platform then.
jfoster 12y ago
FYI, in the case of Google Wallet for Digital Goods, Google essentially did what you are saying they wouldn't do. Google Wallet for Digital Goods was retired a couple of months back, but they still use it on some Google properties. It's still used for the Chrome Web Store developer fee & I think Android, too. They essentially just made it private. You might argue that BigTable going through the same thing would be too impactful, but GWDG was quite impactful as well. Businesses that had subscribers paying monthly subscriptions via Google Wallet lost those subscribers.
BinaryIdiot 12y ago
> Bigtable internally runs virtually all of Google's big services Are you sure? I'm not a Googler but have been told by other Googlers that Bigtable has essentially been replaced internally (though heard it's still similar). So I wasn't sure how much Bigtable is even used anymore inside of Google.
- campers 12y ago
  F1 is their other database which powers AdWords http://research.google.com/pubs/pub38125.html http://research.google.com/pubs/pub38125.html http://research.google.com/pubs/pub41344.html http://research.google.com/pubs/pub41344.html
- sanxiyn 12y ago
  Spanner is the successor to Bigtable. It's not like Google keeps this fact secret.
  - vgt 12y ago
    Actually spanner and Bigtable have different and complementary use cases
- jpatokal 12y ago
  The blog post says "the same database that drives nearly all of Google’s largest applications", and I work at Google, so yes, I'm pretty sure ;) Of course Google has a whole slew of other storage options optimized for various use cases, but some of these are actually built on top of Bigtable.
  - BinaryIdiot 12y ago
    Haha okay fair enough. Thanks!

As the blog post says, Bigtable internally runs virtually all of Google's big services. This means it's rock solid, and it's not about to get discontinued anytime soon.

rplnt 12y ago

So just pricing will change, got it :)

cmelbye 12y ago

You've obviously not tried Google Cloud Platform then.

jfoster 12y ago

FYI, in the case of Google Wallet for Digital Goods, Google essentially did what you are saying they wouldn't do. Google Wallet for Digital Goods was retired a couple of months back, but they still use it on some Google properties. It's still used for the Chrome Web Store developer fee & I think Android, too. They essentially just made it private. You might argue that BigTable going through the same thing would be too impactful, but GWDG was quite impactful as well. Businesses that had subscribers paying monthly subscriptions via Google Wallet lost those subscribers.

BinaryIdiot 12y ago

> Bigtable internally runs virtually all of Google's big services Are you sure? I'm not a Googler but have been told by other Googlers that Bigtable has essentially been replaced internally (though heard it's still similar). So I wasn't sure how much Bigtable is even used anymore inside of Google.

campers 12y ago
F1 is their other database which powers AdWords http://research.google.com/pubs/pub38125.html http://research.google.com/pubs/pub38125.html http://research.google.com/pubs/pub41344.html http://research.google.com/pubs/pub41344.html
sanxiyn 12y ago
Spanner is the successor to Bigtable. It's not like Google keeps this fact secret.
- vgt 12y ago
  Actually spanner and Bigtable have different and complementary use cases
jpatokal 12y ago
The blog post says "the same database that drives nearly all of Google’s largest applications", and I work at Google, so yes, I'm pretty sure ;) Of course Google has a whole slew of other storage options optimized for various use cases, but some of these are actually built on top of Bigtable.
- BinaryIdiot 12y ago
  Haha okay fair enough. Thanks!