From user-return-7102-apmail-couchdb-user-archive=couchdb.apache.org@couchdb.apache.org Mon Oct 26 17:00:35 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 29507 invoked from network); 26 Oct 2009 17:00:35 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 26 Oct 2009 17:00:35 -0000 Received: (qmail 13112 invoked by uid 500); 26 Oct 2009 17:00:34 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 13043 invoked by uid 500); 26 Oct 2009 17:00:33 -0000 Mailing-List: contact user-help@couchdb.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: user@couchdb.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list user@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 13011 invoked by uid 99); 26 Oct 2009 17:00:33 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:00:33 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.2 required=10.0 tests=SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (nike.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [83.97.50.139] (HELO jan.prima.de) (83.97.50.139) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:00:22 +0000 Received: from [10.0.1.5] (f053009099.adsl.alicedsl.de [::ffff:78.53.9.99]) (AUTH: LOGIN jan, TLS: TLSv1/SSLv3,128bits,AES128-SHA) by jan.prima.de with esmtp; Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:00:01 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1076) Subject: Re: Best practice for spreading one master across several disks? From: Jan Lehnardt In-Reply-To: <23ce85920910260949g65380ab0y2803f375b1d063aa@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:59:59 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: References: <58CDA2A5-54C4-44DF-88A6-DCD075CC8B91@apache.org> <23ce85920910260949g65380ab0y2803f375b1d063aa@mail.gmail.com> To: user@couchdb.apache.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1076) X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org On 26 Oct 2009, at 17:49, AnotherNetFellow wrote: > It seems an unofficial patch, isn't it? couchdb-lounge is a full third party project on top of CouchDB, not a patch. > The CouchDB description states that it is a distributed db. So > shouldn't it > integrate a distribution engine to spare databases on many servers? There are different understandings of "distributed". CouchDB's idea is that distributing full data sets between nodes is an equally valid use-case (and IMHO a much more common one). That said, Adam already said CouchDB will have partitioning and it's a good thing :) Cheers Jan -- > > Thankyou > > 2009/10/26 Adam Kocoloski > >> On Oct 26, 2009, at 10:50 AM, Coffman, Timothy A wrote: >> >> I am collecting information and doing some proofs-of-concept in >>> preparation for suggesting CouchDB as a replacement for a 20-year- >>> old >>> house-developed document system. One topic I will need to address >>> goes >>> like this: >>> >>> (1) How big can one CouchDB database file get? >>> >> >> Unlimited, although performance will get ugly once the indexes >> don't fit in >> RAM. >> >> >> (2) How could I store one CouchDB logical database across multiple >> disks >>> or machines? >>> >> >> Multiple disks: RAID >> >> Multiple machines: CouchDB-Lounge (not yet fully 0.10 compatible, but >> they're working on it) >> >> http://tilgovi.github.com/couchdb-lounge/ >> >> Best, Adam >> >> > > > -- > -- > AnotherNetFellow > Email: anothernetfellow@gmail.com