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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p><a href="/facts/Michael_Stonebraker/XevuvaKt">Michael Stonebraker</a> at the <a href="/facts/University_of_California,_Berkeley/MXVEjklr">University of California, Berkeley</a> used the term in a 1986 database paper.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Teradata/sarnALYT">Teradata</a> delivered the first SN database system in 1983.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Tandem_Computers/m8syzN1q">Tandem Computers</a> <a href="/facts/NonStop_(server_computers)/VuLrDEUQ">NonStop</a> systems, a shared-nothing implementation of hardware and software was released to market in 1976.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> Tandem Computers later released <a href="/facts/NonStop_SQL/JSIk6m3c">NonStop SQL</a>, a shared-nothing relational database, in 1984.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="applications">Applications</h2> <p>Shared-nothing is popular for <a href="/facts/Web_development/UW5ypSzj">web development</a>. </p><p>Shared-nothing architectures are prevalent for <a href="/facts/Data_warehousing/we5rblq9">data warehousing</a> applications, although requests that require data from multiple nodes can dramatically reduce throughput.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/NonStop_(server_computers)/VuLrDEUQ">NonStop_(server_computers)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Teradata/sarnALYT">Teradata</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Oracle_RAC/NUIY8Scu">Oracle RAC</a> (Shared Everything)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Byzantine_fault_tolerance/hucMXMBV">Byzantine fault tolerance</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Distributed_hash_table/3eDfAaoh">Distributed hash table</a> (DHT)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Exasol/c0jK5Hgv">Exasol</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Greenplum/CNIAxda2">Greenplum</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Grid_computing/2GQhzN5l">Grid computing</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/InfiniDB/XIQH3Bn2">InfiniDB</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/MySQL_Cluster/BwXDHev6">MySQL Cluster</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Openstack/bAfb8KVQ">Openstack</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/ScyllaDB/DYrKmjHy">ScyllaDB</a></li> <li>DragonFlyDB</li> <li><a href="/facts/Vertica/SGJBWtrr">Vertica</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Database_scalability/48GTKykX">Database scalability</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Gluster/sVzz6ERY">GlusterFS</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Wright, Dave (2014-09-17). "The Advantages of a Shared Nothing Architecture for Truly Non-Disruptive Upgrades". netapp.com. Retrieved 2019-10-31. <a href="https://blog.netapp.com/blogs/the-advantages-of-a-shared-nothing-architecture-for-truly-non-disruptive-upgrades/" target="_blank">https://blog.netapp.com/blogs/the-advantages-of-a-shared-nothing-architecture-for-truly-non-disruptive-upgrades/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Blankenhorn, Dana (February 27, 2006). "Shared nothing coming to open source". ZDNet. Archived from the original on October 4, 2012. Retrieved June 21, 2012. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121004020313/http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/shared-nothing-coming-to-open-source/580" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20121004020313/http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/shared-nothing-coming-to-open-source/580</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Michael Stonebraker (1986). "The Case for Shared Nothing Architecture" (PDF). Database Engineering. 9 (1). <a href="http://db.cs.berkeley.edu/papers/hpts85-nothing.pdf" target="_blank">http://db.cs.berkeley.edu/papers/hpts85-nothing.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Teradata History". Teradata.com. Retrieved 2013-06-16. <a href="http://www.teradata.com/t/history/" target="_blank">http://www.teradata.com/t/history/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>""Tandem History: An Introduction"". Center Magazine: A Newsletter for Tandem Employees. 6 (1). Winter 1986. <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"History of TANDEM COMPUTERS, INC. – FundingUniverse". www.fundinguniverse.com. Retrieved 2023-03-01. <a href="http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/tandem-computers-inc-history/" target="_blank">http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/tandem-computers-inc-history/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"NonStop SQL, A Distributed, High-Performance, High-Availability Implementation of SQL, Tandem Technical Report TR-87.4" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2012-10-11. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120316071651/http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/tandem/TR-87.4.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20120316071651/http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/tandem/TR-87.4.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Article on Shared Nothing from the point of view of a Shared Nothing Vendor" (PDF). <a href="http://db.csail.mit.edu/madden/high_perf.pdf" target="_blank">http://db.csail.mit.edu/madden/high_perf.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>