This is the epitome of the “the cloud.” Delphix. It’s a startup that’s just secured another round of institutional funding ($25M led by Jafco Ventures), and it’s tagline is “agile data,” and what they’re alluding to is virtualization and super sophisticated software solutions that allow businesses, such as Facebook, to eliminate hardware and DB server costs by 90% (based on their own case studies, white papers).
Is Delphix the flux capacitor to The Cloud? (Image Source: TheGreenHead)
Delphix basically makes that transition from prototype application to full public beta release possible, faster. The only real concern is: does Delphix itself ever break? Facebook’s CIO claims it gets things done without “breaking anything,” but it’s not 100% successful, or is it?
The technology on the whole is fascinating and incredible. You’re talking about applications and DBs that are hundreds of TBs large, and mirroring, refreshing whole instances of these DBs in seconds—practically instantaneously.
Say your DB’s running some sort of financial output had accidentally printed Euros instead of U.S. dollars. With Delphix in the environment, you could “go back in time,” repair the logic, and continue running the application—all while the application continues to run.
Agile data indeed. And it’s the kind of technical detail that the cloud is made of. It allows companies such as Facebook to get databases out of early production, and into the beta wild: quicker and cheaper—music to Big Business’s ears.
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