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Adopting Neo4j @ Enterprise scale
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Transcript
Adopting Neo4j @ Enterprise scale
Dmitry Vrublevsky Software developer @ ƀ
[email protected]
@FylmTM Ambassador @
Agenda 1. Why graph databases? 2. Why Neo4j? 3. Neo4j
internals 4. Use cases
GRAPH
NOT GRAPH
Graphs 101 Circle - node Arrow - relationship
Proof-of-Concept Evaluate Neo4j Graph Database as replacement to existing RDBMS
solution.
Small dataset Medium dataset Large dataset
Why graph databases? Domain Use case
Telecommunication domain
Use case: Validate network 5+ is OK
Use case: Validate network 5+ is OK
Use case: Validate network :( 5+ is OK
Why Neo4j? Highly scalable native graph database that leverages data
relationships as first-class entities. by Neo Technology, Inc.
http://db-engines.com/en/ranking
Features Native Processing & Storage ACID Cypher - Graph Query
Language REST & Native API Optional schema Lock Manager High-performance cache Clustering Backups Monitoring Community Enterprise
First-class Everything is an entity Entities have properties Entities have
a type
First-class {details: —} :LIKES :DMITRY :HighLoadStrategy {works_with: Neo4j} {day: 14.10.2016}
Properties Labels Type
Neo4j internals 1. Native storage 2. Native processing
Native storage Specifically designed to store and manage graphs.
http://neo4j.com/developer/graph-db-vs-rdbms/
http://neo4j.com/developer/graph-db-vs-rdbms/
http://neo4j.com/developer/graph-db-vs-rdbms/
Native processing Efficient way of processing graph data since connected
nodes physically “point” to each other a.k.a. “index-free adjacency”
$ ls -1 data/databases/graph.db | column -c 100 index neostore.propertystore.db.index.id
index.db neostore.propertystore.db.index.keys messages.log neostore.propertystore.db.index.keys.id neostore neostore.propertystore.db.strings neostore.counts.db.a neostore.propertystore.db.strings.id neostore.counts.db.b neostore.relationshipgroupstore.db neostore.id neostore.relationshipgroupstore.db.id neostore.labeltokenstore.db neostore.relationshipstore.db neostore.labeltokenstore.db.id neostore.relationshipstore.db.id neostore.labeltokenstore.db.names neostore.relationshiptypestore.db neostore.labeltokenstore.db.names.id neostore.relationshiptypestore.db.id neostore.nodestore.db neostore.relationshiptypestore.db.names neostore.nodestore.db.id neostore.relationshiptypestore.db.names.id neostore.nodestore.db.labels neostore.schemastore.db neostore.nodestore.db.labels.id neostore.schemastore.db.id neostore.propertystore.db neostore.transaction.db.0 neostore.propertystore.db.arrays neostore.transaction.db.1 neostore.propertystore.db.arrays.id schema neostore.propertystore.db.id store_lock neostore.propertystore.db.index
$ ls -1 data/databases/graph.db | column -c 100 index neostore.propertystore.db.index.id
index.db neostore.propertystore.db.index.keys messages.log neostore.propertystore.db.index.keys.id neostore neostore.propertystore.db.strings neostore.counts.db.a neostore.propertystore.db.strings.id neostore.counts.db.b neostore.relationshipgroupstore.db neostore.id neostore.relationshipgroupstore.db.id neostore.labeltokenstore.db neostore.relationshipstore.db neostore.labeltokenstore.db.id neostore.relationshipstore.db.id neostore.labeltokenstore.db.names neostore.relationshiptypestore.db neostore.labeltokenstore.db.names.id neostore.relationshiptypestore.db.id neostore.nodestore.db neostore.relationshiptypestore.db.names neostore.nodestore.db.id neostore.relationshiptypestore.db.names.id neostore.nodestore.db.labels neostore.schemastore.db neostore.nodestore.db.labels.id neostore.schemastore.db.id neostore.propertystore.db neostore.transaction.db.0 neostore.propertystore.db.arrays neostore.transaction.db.1 neostore.propertystore.db.arrays.id schema neostore.propertystore.db.id store_lock neostore.propertystore.db.index
Storage layout Node (15 bytes) in_use next_rel_id next_prop_id labels extra
Relationship (34 bytes) directed | in_use first_node second_node rel_type first_prev_rel_id first_next_rel_id second_prev_rel_id second_next_rel_id next_prop_id first_in_chain_markers
Storage layout Node (15 bytes) next_rel_id Relationship (34 bytes) first_node
second_node first_prev_rel_id first_next_rel_id
Storage math Node = RecordSize * ID Relationship = RecordSize
* ID
Traversal (Node -> Relationship) Node (15 bytes) next_rel_id=2 Relationships (34
bytes) 2 * 34 = 68 0B 34B 68B 102B 136B 170B
Traversal (Relationship -> Node) Relationship (34 bytes) Nodes (15 bytes)
0B 15B 30B 45B 60B 75B first_node=1 second_node=4 1 * 15 = 15 4 * 15 = 60
Native summary O(1) traversal hops Avoid super nodes!
Cypher Cypher is a declarative graph query language that allows
for expressive and efficient querying. https://github.com/opencypher/openCypher
Cypher 101 ASCII art: ( ) - node --> -
relationship Keywords: MATCH CREATE WHERE RETURN
Cypher example (1) MATCH (root)-->(children) RETURN *
Cypher example (2) MATCH (t:Towers) -[:CHILDREN]-> (n:NetworkPiece) -[:CHILDREN]-> (e:Function) WHERE
NOT (t)-[:CHILDREN]->(:CellJCA) RETURN t
Neo4j adoption
Application Persistence layer Neo4j driver Neo4j Performance Fast Slow Persistence
service
Application Persistence layer Neo4j driver Neo4j Performance Fast Slow Persistence
service
Use cases Measurement average, 98% Resource usage ~ same
UC: Sync Before Neo4j ~90m ~35m Count Per second Node
count 80.32M 37498 Relationship count 80.30M 37488 Properties count 257.78M 120345
UC: Single node Before Neo4j 3ms 2ms MATCH (n) WHERE
n.id = {id} RETURN n
UC: Subgraph Before Neo4j 88ms 14ms MATCH (n)-[r*]->(c) WHERE n.id
= {id} RETURN *
UC: By type Before Neo4j 235ms 194ms MATCH (t:Tower) RETURN
t
UC: Count Before Neo4j 32ms 16ms MATCH (n)-[r*]->(c) WHERE n.id
= {id} RETURN count(*)
3 4 5 6 8 2 7 1 UC: Traversal
Before Neo4j 112ms 39ms MATCH (n)-[r]->(c) WHERE n.id = {id} RETURN *
Future • Real graph API for application • Rewrite manual
traversals to Cypher queries
Deployment • Implemented in Java • Works everywhere • Writes
- vertical scaling • Reads - horizontal scaling • Extensions & Stored procedures
Stability • High load on DB • Kill Slave/master •
Rolling upgrade • Split-brain • Server power-off
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