good morning; > On 2015-12-01, at 21:53, Steve Robenalt <sroben...@highwire.org > <mailto:sroben...@highwire.org>> wrote: > > Hi James, > > Yup, the analytics side of database usage is ripe with possibilities, as the > site at your link shows.
that case is not the “analytics”, but the database itself. the graph navigation is a core aspect of that particular database form. > In my original skepticism, I was referring not to the analytics using the > database, but to the database itself. In Cassandra-specific terms, I would > suggest that GPUs have more potential impact on the Spark and/or Titan > integration with Cassandra, rather than on Cassandra itself. > > Steve > > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 12:35 PM, james anderson <james.ander...@setf.de > <mailto:james.ander...@setf.de>> wrote: > good evening; > >> On 2015-12-01, at 21:17, Steve Robenalt <sroben...@highwire.org >> <mailto:sroben...@highwire.org>> wrote: >> >> Hi Tony, >> >> Somebody will likely prove me wrong on this (and I'd love to see it), but >> I'm skeptical that there is much intersection between the set of things a >> GPU is good at and the set of things a database needs to do. > > of course the context varies, but there are some demonstrated advantages: > > https://www.blazegraph.com/product/gpu-accelerated/ > <https://www.blazegraph.com/product/gpu-accelerated/> > >> As such, I don't expect there'd be much performance gain unless a way to >> exploit the massive parallelism of the GPU effectively can be found. >> >> Of course, GPU-driven analytics on the contents of the database opens up all >> kinds of possibilities given the right kind of data... >> >> Steve >> >> On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 10:16 AM, Tony Anecito <adanec...@yahoo.com >> <mailto:adanec...@yahoo.com>> wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> Can Cassandra use GPU's? If not can someone recommend a open source database >> that runs on GPU's? I am interested in seeing the performance difference of >> a database that is under 2GB run on a GPU card such as as NVIDA gtx 980. >> >> Thanks, >> -Tony >> >> >> >> -- >> Steve Robenalt >> Software Architect >> sroben...@highwire.org <mailto:bza...@highwire.org> >> (office/cell): 916-505-1785 <tel:916-505-1785> >> >> HighWire Press, Inc. >> 425 Broadway St, Redwood City, CA 94063 >> www.highwire.org <http://www.highwire.org/> >> >> Technology for Scholarly Communication > > > > > > > > -- > Steve Robenalt > Software Architect > sroben...@highwire.org <mailto:bza...@highwire.org> > (office/cell): 916-505-1785 > > HighWire Press, Inc. > 425 Broadway St, Redwood City, CA 94063 > www.highwire.org <http://www.highwire.org/> > > Technology for Scholarly Communication
