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0 pointsrandomdata3y ago0 comments

> In a word: Facebook.

Which, funnily enough, uses a relational database.

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I'm betting Facebook uses a lot of different types of databases.

No doubt, but the core product known for being graph-y is based on MySQL.

Indeed, there is a graph data store (TAO) built on top of that base, but as we're talking about databases...

Many graph databases are relational "under the hood". The graph part is often just a specialised index.

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0 pointsrandomdata3y ago0 comments

> In a word: Facebook.

Which, funnily enough, uses a relational database.

I'm betting Facebook uses a lot of different types of databases.

No doubt, but the core product known for being graph-y is based on MySQL.

Indeed, there is a graph data store (TAO) built on top of that base, but as we're talking about databases...

Many graph databases are relational "under the hood". The graph part is often just a specialised index.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse