INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
There are a lot of open-source databases out there, and ScyllaDB, a NoSQL variety, is looking to differentiate itself by attracting none
Today, it announced a DynamoDB migration tool to help Amazon customers move to its product.It’s a bold move, but Scylla, which has a free
open-source product along with paid versions, has always had a penchant for going after bigger players
It has had a tool to help move Cassandra users to ScyllaDB for some time.CEO Dor Laor says DynamoDB customers can now also migrate existing
code with little modification
“If you’re using DynamoDB today, you will still be using the same drivers and the same client code
In fact, you don’t need to modify your client code one bit
You just need to redirect access to a different IP address running Scylla,” Laor told TechCrunch.He says that the reason customers would
want to switch to Scylla is because it offers a faster and cheaper experience by utilizing the hardware more efficiently
That means companies can run the same workloads on fewer machines, and do it faster, which ultimately should translate to lower costs.The
company also announced a $25 million Series C extension led by Eight Roads Ventures
Existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Magma Venture Partners, Qualcomm Ventures and TLV Partners also participated
Scylla has raised a total of $60 million, according to the company.The startup has been around for six years and customers include Comcast,
Laor says that Comcast went from running Cassandra on 400 machines to running the same workloads with Scylla on just 60.Laor is playing the
long game in the database market, and it’s not about taking on Cassandra, DynamoDB or any other individual product
“Our main goal is to be the default NoSQL database where if someone has big data, real-time workloads, they’ll think about us first, and
we will become the default.”
