Design Patterns for Distributed Non-Relational Databases

The document discusses design patterns for distributed non-relational databases, including consistent hashing for key placement, eventual consistency models, vector clocks for determining history, log-structured merge trees for storage layout, and gossip protocols for cluster management without a single point of failure. It raises questions to ask presenters about scalability, reliability, performance, consistency models, cluster management, data models, and real-life considerations for using such systems.