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Introduction To Neo4j

Neo4j is a native graph database that leverages data relationships. It uses a graph data model and the Cypher query language. Neo4j is highly scalable, ACID compliant, and supports various editions including a free community edition and paid enterprise edition. It can be deployed on-premises or in the cloud.

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Introduction To Neo4j

Neo4j is a native graph database that leverages data relationships. It uses a graph data model and the Cypher query language. Neo4j is highly scalable, ACID compliant, and supports various editions including a free community edition and paid enterprise edition. It can be deployed on-premises or in the cloud.

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Neo4j

Introduction To Neo4j
What is Neo4j?

Neo4j is a highly scalable, native graph database purpose-


built to leverage not only data but also its relationships

• Not just about data, but also the connection between them

• Native graph storage and processing

• Uses Cypher Query Language


ACID- Compliant

Set of properties of database transactions

• Atomicity

• Consistency

• Isolation

• Durability
The Graph Model
The Graph Model: Movie Example
Cypher Query Language

• Declarative graph query language for matching patterns

• Efficient querying and updating of graph stores

• Simple but powerful

• Complicated queries can be expressed easily

• SQL for graphs!

MATCH (me:Person)-[:KNOWS]->(you:Friend)
Scale & Performance

• Scales across volumes with solid data integrity

• Support for replication with failover

• Monitor clusters with Neo4j Metrics and other tools


Editions of Neo4j

• Community – Free but limited to 1 node (Lack of clustering and no


hot backups)

• Enterprise – Must buy a license unless the app built on top is open
source

• Government – Extends Enterprise with additional government


services including FISMA-related certification and support
Neo4j Server

• You can install Neo4j as a server on to all operating systems

• Bundled with an interactive web-based interface bound to


http://localhost:7474

• A remote Neo4j server can be accessed via Cypher HTTP API, either
directly of through a language driver
Language Drivers

• Neo4j officially supports drivers for .NET, Java, JavaScript and


Python

• There are community contributed drivers for PHP, Ruby, C/C++,


Go and Spring

• Integrations with other database technologies like MongoDB,


Cassandra and ElasticSearch
Cloud Ready

• Can be run behind firewalls OR can be deployed in a cloud


environment

• Partners like GraphStory and GrapheneDB offer fully hosted


instances of Neo4j
Popular Use Cases

• Matchmaking • Project Management

• Network Management • Recommendations

• Social Networks
• Software Analytics

• Scientific Research
Dynamic Pointer Compression

• Expands available space as needed

• Possible to store graphs of ANY size – No limits (As of v3.0)

• Unlimited index sizes

• Scales extremely easy

• No hit on performance

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