With Cloud Computing increasingly getting popular, will Relational DBs suffer death?

Question

While computer programming evangelists predicting the future of Cloud Computing to be very bright, is there a chance for relational databases to be on their way out?

What are the DBs that are more suitable for Cloud Computing?

Answer 1

Here's a good article that may answer some of your questions. It features a good comparison between RDBMS systems and the ones usually used for cloud storage infrastructure:

http://www.readwriteweb.com/enterprise/2009/02/is-the-relational-database-doomed.php

Answer 2

The relational database model has a firm mathematical basis in relational algebra. This makes it easy to reason about, to extend, and to use properly (in theory). Even if database access patterns change significantly as a result of these new APIs and uses, it's likely that a relational database will form the underlying implementation for this reason.

Answer 3

No, RDBMSs will always have a place because of their functionality. Not just on their own, but also as backbones to other systems (like OODBMSs).