FirewaterFirstReleaseMilestones

This page describes the steps planned for getting to the first release of the Firewater project. They may change.

Milestone 1: First Development Checkpoint

Criteria: in a state where someone other than JVS should be able to sync the code, build, and run it in a development (not packaged) environment with multiple nodes.

Deliverables:

• minimalist home page and sf.net project page
• create firewater-users@lists.sf.net mailing list
• DDL support for creating storage nodes and partitions
• distributed query support for everything except joins
• build doc

Loading will still be "manual" at this point (inserting data directly into partitions by executing SQL against each storage node individually).

--Jvs 01:21, 26 June 2009 (EDT): as of today, I think we've achieved this one--the validation will be whether others can successfully get FirewaterSsb going

Milestone 2: Benchmark Readiness

Criteria: able to manually load Star Schema Benchmark (SSB) data and run queries

Deliverables:

• DDL support for choosing replication vs partitioning on a per-table basis
• distributed query support for joins
• benchmark setup and execution doc and scripts

--Jvs 22:03, 29 August 2010 (EDT): we can has

Milestone 3: Kettle Plugin

Criteria: able to run a Kettle job to load data after registering only the distributor node (not the storage nodes)

Deliverables:

• remote bulk loader support for storage node target
• plugin source
• plugin build and usage docs

Milestone 4: Packaged Prerelease

Criteria: binary packaging has been developed to the point where someone other than a developer should be able to download the system, install and test it, and provide feedback.

Deliverables:

• beefed up home page, project FAQ; update LucidDB home page and FAQ to explain the relationship between the two projects
• getting started doc
• publish download link for binaries

Milestone 5: AMI Prerelease

Criteria: AMI packaging has been developed to the point where someone other than a developer should be able to download the system, deploy on EC2, test it, and provide feedback.

Deliverables:

• AMI deployment doc
• publish download link for demo AMI's

Milestone 6: Release

Deliverables:

• release source and binaries on Sourceforge
• publish demo AMI's
• documentation for what works and what doesn't