Google opens for developers BigTable DBMS

It has become known that Google plans to open its BigTable database for developers next week. This event can certainly be regarded as a challenge to Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the beginning of an exciting competition with Amazon SimpleDB.

BigTable is a scalable database system based on the Google File System (GFS). Designed to store and manage a huge array of structured data for internal use in Google. The system contains hundreds of terabytes of information on thousands of Google servers. Development of BigTable was launched in 2004, and active use as early as February 2005. Applications in which Google uses BigTable - Google Search, Google Earth, Google Maps, Google Finance, Google Print, Orkut, YouTube, Blogger, etc.

Google has not yet announced the cost for BigTable, but it will most likely use the same pricing model as Amazon Web Services. There is no doubt that the development of the platform will continue and the task of solving the scalability of needs for developers will be completed. As is the case with three complementary services Amazon ( Amazon SimpleDB , S3 , EC2 ), the product is positioned as a technical infrastructure for building web startups.

More information BigTable ( PDF ).
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