Sramana Mitra: Real-time is one issue, and the ability to distribute the data between Flash and the hard disk effectively [is another]. Srini Srinivasan: It is actually Flash and main memory. We have a hybrid system based on DRAM and flash. We can also work with rotational disk, but this is old technology.
Brian Bulkowski and Srini Srinivasan are co-founders of Aerospike, a real-time NoSQL database. Brian and Srini have more than 20 years of experience in the IT industry, having worked for companies like IBM, VerdiSoft, Copernicus, and iControl Networks. In this interview they talk about Aerospike’s real-time software solution and how it is unique, and discuss
Sramana Mitra: So, the way end customers access your product is through other application vendors that are using your product to develop their applications? Ari Zilka: It’s a 50-50 split. Half the world doesn’t even need to know we’re there. They use other applications that use us. We help those vendors sell our product to