Seven Databases in Seven Weeks, 2nd Edition

Day 3: Distributed High Availability

Let’s wrap up our Neo4j investigation by learning how to make Neo4j more suitable for mission-critical, production uses. We’ll see how Neo4j keeps data stable via ACID-compliant transactions. Then we’ll install and configure a Neo4j high availability (HA) cluster to improve availability when serving high-read traffic. Then we’re going to look into backup strategies to ensure that our data remains safe.

Transactions and Only Transactions with Cypher

Neo4j is an Atomic, Consistent, Isolated, Durable (ACID) transaction database, similar to PostgreSQL. This makes it a good option for important data that you may have otherwise picked a relational database for. Just like transactions you’ve seen before, Neo4j ...