Aerospike (company)
Aerospike is the company behind the Aerospike open source NoSQL distributed database management system.[1][2] Citrusleaf, a Mountain View, California based company which rebranded to Aerospike in August 2012, announced the product in 2011.[3][4][5] The software is used by developers to deploy real-time big data applications.[5][6]
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| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | NoSQL |
| Founded | Mountain View California 2009 |
| Founder | Brian Bulkowski, Srini Srinivasan |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
Key people | John Dillon (CEO), Srini Srinivasan, Jim LoDestro, Lenley Hensarling |
| Products | Aerospike (database) |
Number of employees | 101-200 (2020) |
| Website | aerospike.com |
History
Citrusleaf was founded in 2009 by CTO Brian Bulkowski and vice president of engineering and operations Srini V. Srinivasan.[1][3][4] The company rebranded to Aerospike in 2012.[3] The database was initially used mainly in the advertising industry as a server-side cookie store, where read and write performance is paramount.[6][7] It formed the core user data storage for adMarketplace and several other advertising companies including BlueKai, Tapad, The Trade Desk, Sony's So-net, and eXelate. Other customers include payment systems, gaming, cyber-security, and e-commerce industries.[7][8] In 2012, the web site Wikibon promoted Aerospike for transactional analytic applications.[6][7] It had automatic fail-over, replication, and cross data center synchronization.[7][9][10][11]
In August 2012, Aerospike acquired the database AlchemyDB.[12] AlchemyDB, led by Russell Sullivan, is a hybrid RDBMS/NoSQL-datastore that has been optimized for memory efficiency.[3][12] Aerospike made the acquisition with funding from New Enterprise Associates, Draper Associates, Columbus Nova Technology Partners, and Alsop Louie Partners.[8][13]
In December 2012, online ad broker Tapad bought an Aerospike flash-based NoSQL database running on SSDs with indices held in RAM.[2][5] The Aerospike database allowed Tapad the cost benefit of dealing with memory as a "single level store" by utilizing flash as a memory extension.[2]
In June 2014, Aerospike raised $20 million in a Series C round of funding. The company announced it had open sourced its technology.[14][15][16] The company also partnered with Adform, InMobi, and Vizury in 2014.[17][18]
In February 2015, Aerospike named John Dillon, previously of Salesforce.com, as its CEO.[19][20]
A round of $32 million of funding was announced on November 18, 2019, led by Triangle Peak Partners.[21]
Aerospike database
The Aerospike database management system is a key-value datastore, or distributed hash table, that delivers predictable, sub-millisecond query response times.[8][12] It also has the ability to scale to very large sizes while maintaining high speeds.[8][12] Its code is engineered to match the characteristics of flash memory, as opposed to more traditional methods.[22]
Aerospike uses row-based random access with indexes in memory and data in memory or on SSD (solid-state drive) storage.[7][8] The database holds data that is accessible in real time.[7]
References
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- David Floyer (December 21, 2012). "Data in DRAM is a Flash in the Pan". Wikibon. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- David Vellante (November 30, 2012). "Big Fast Data Needs Stress Traditional DBMS Approaches". Wikibon. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- John W. Verity (November 20, 2012). "A New Approach to DBMS Performance: In-Flash". Data Center Acceleration. Archived from the original on June 28, 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- "Ultra-High Performance Benchmarking" (PDF). ThumbTack. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
- "Aerospike Beats Out Cassandra, Couchbase + MongoDB : Handles Node Failure Like a Champ". Silicon Angle. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
- "Flash and Hyperscale Changing Database and System Design Forever". Wikibon. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
- Delaney Rebernik. "Effective 'big data' strategy helps advertising firm attract clients". Search Data Management. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- KLINT FINLEY (August 28, 2012). "Grim And Gritty Startup Reboot: NoSQL Company Citrusleaf Changes Name And Acquires AlchemyDB". Tech Crunch. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- Derrick Harris (24 June 2014). "Aerospike raises $20M, open sources its in-memory NoSQL database". Gigaom. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
- Liz Rowley (24 June 2014). "Aerospike Open Sources Its Database, Raises $20M In Funding". Ad Exchanger. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
- Jack Clark (24 June 2014). "Aerospike: Thanks for that $20m, VCs ... next we'll OPEN SOURCE our NoSQL database". The Register. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
- Hans Lombardo (25 July 2014). "Adtechs InMobi, Vizury Using NoSQL DB Aerospike". Big Data Phile. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- Jakob Bak (6 October 2014). "Selecting the Right Database for the Right Job". Datanami. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- Gina Hall (February 5, 2015). "Aerospike names John Dillon CEO". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
- Jason Verge (February 9, 2015). "Former Engine Yard CEO Dillon Joins Aerospike as Chief Exec". Data Center Knowledge. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
- George Leopold (November 18, 2019). "Aerospike Raises More Cash". Datanami. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
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