Riak KV

Riak KV (Key/Value) is a decentralized, fault-tolerant NoSQL database designed for high availability, scalability, and operational simplicity. It implements the principles of Amazon's Dynamo paper, providing an 'always-on' data store that can distribute data across many commodity servers and…

Key facts

First appeared: 2009
Category: database
Problem solved: Riak KV was created to address the significant challenges faced by web-scale applications in achieving both horizontal scalability and continuous availability with traditional relational databases. It solves the problem of designing a data store that can seamlessly grow with data volume and user traffic, while remaining accessible even when individual server nodes fail, ensuring an 'always-on' experience.
Platforms: Unix-like systems, macOS, Linux

Related technologies

Load balancers (e.g., HAProxy, Nginx)
IoT platforms
Erlang/OTP (core implementation)
Time-series data (with Riak TS)
Web services
Distributed applications

Notable users

Comcast (historically)
OpenX (historically)
Bet365 (historically)
Walmart (historically)