MySQL vs. Neo4j on a Large-Scale Graph Traversal - DZonethis post presents an analysis of mysql (a relational database) and neo4j (a graph database) in a side-by-side comparison on a simple graph traversal. the data set that was used was an artificially generated graph with natural statistics. the graph has 1 million vertices and 4 million edges. the degree distribution of this graph on a log-log plot is provided below. a visualization of a 1,000 verte
