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Migrating to RavenDB 4.1 in 36,000 Locations

October 31, 2018

by Oren Eini, CEO RavenDB After using RavenDB 2.5 for five years, it was time to upgrade to their latest 4.1 version. Our QSR platform currently operates with RavenDB embedded in more than 36,000 locations worldwide. We wanted to take advantage of RavenDB 4.1’s improved performance, native Voron storage engine, and improved tolerance to…

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Migrating data to RavenDB

September 10, 2018

An empty database is a sad sight to behold. It is worse than a car without a drop of gas. At least you can sell the car for it’s scrap metal value. An empty database is of no worth whatsoever. The first thing that you’ll encounter when you start RavenDB for the very first time is just that, an empty database. RavenDB has many features and bells…

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Inside RavenDB 4.0

September 9, 2018

Oren Eini, CEO of RavenDB, shares everything you need to know about the latest version of his distributed, non-relational document database. This book-length blog post is for you. Along with learning what RavenDB does, you get a behind-the-scenes take on the reasoning behind why each feature was designed. Oren explains why he decided to…

Performing Well on Older Machines and Smaller Hardware

July 25, 2018

A client of RavenDB had a challenge. They needed RavenDB on all their point of sale systems. Challenge did you say? That’s what RavenDB does best, operational database work, especially for transactions that need an ACID guarantee while maintaining top performance. It’s kind of like asking Beyonce to perform a complicated dance routine in…

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ACID 2020: The Next Generation of Data Consistency

July 12, 2018

For decades, ACID and the relational database went hand in hand. As the pace and scope of data broke the mold of relational solutions, a new way had to be developed. Nonrelational databases historically worked for things like a CMS or newsfeed, but for operations like financial transactions, its inability to insure data consistency made it…

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Security Vulnerability Advisory

June 12, 2018

Executive Summary During routine internal security testing, a remotely exploitable issue was discovered. This issue has been addressed and is available in release: 4.0.5 This stable release is now generally available and we strongly recommend that you take immediate action to upgrade all your RavenDB 4.0 instances to address this…

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.NET Rocks with Kamran Ayub Talking about RavenDB V4

May 1, 2018

.NET Rocks hosts Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell talk to Kamran Ayub about RavenDB 4.0 and NoSQL. Kamran talks about the evolution of RavenDB from its 2.0 version to its new Enterprise Grade release, his use cases for it, the amazing set of new features you get with 4.0, how it compares to MongoDB, the stability it gives you for data storage,…

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7 Ways The Right Database Pays for Itself

March 28, 2018

Operating deep inside your application, a good database should function like your heart: You never see it. You don’t know how it works, and you don’t need to know how it works – as long as it’s working. In pumping blood to the entire body, it feeds the performance of every other part of your system. To keep the system at peak…

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RavenDB 4.0 Passes Intense Security Check

March 14, 2018

Security has always been the top priority, even higher than performance. As part of the release cycle for RavenDB 4.0, we wanted an external audit to go over our security infrastructure and ensure that we didn’t miss any hole to which someone can enter. After over 100,000 instances of MongoDB, ElasticSearch, Apache CouchDB, and other…

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