From user-return-8213-apmail-couchdb-user-archive=couchdb.apache.org@couchdb.apache.org Thu Dec 31 15:16:37 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 50966 invoked from network); 31 Dec 2009 15:16:37 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 31 Dec 2009 15:16:37 -0000 Received: (qmail 30535 invoked by uid 500); 31 Dec 2009 15:16:36 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 30459 invoked by uid 500); 31 Dec 2009 15:16:36 -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 30449 invoked by uid 99); 31 Dec 2009 15:16:36 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:16:36 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.2 required=10.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [69.39.88.160] (HELO a2s13.a2hosting.com) (69.39.88.160) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:16:25 +0000 Received: from mail-bw0-f218.google.com ([209.85.218.218]) by a2s13.a2hosting.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-MD5:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NQMkt-0004ny-SH for user@couchdb.apache.org; Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:16:04 -0500 Received: by bwz10 with SMTP id 10so8162615bwz.35 for ; Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:16:00 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.175.8 with SMTP id v8mr9897178bkz.145.1262272560544; Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:16:00 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <23110699482723304633164355013873610237-Webmail@me.com> <21a5a18d0912301551l665ca838ldf2bb7417e1166ae@mail.gmail.com> <56a83cd00912301855i41c74d4ds13b49725e9c95ca3@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:16:00 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Two Concerns From: Brad Anderson To: user@couchdb.apache.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=00032555b19a94bdbe047c07bbf5 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - a2s13.a2hosting.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - couchdb.apache.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - sankatygroup.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org --00032555b19a94bdbe047c07bbf5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 10:31 PM, Chris Anderson wrote: > On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 6:55 PM, David Van Couvering > wrote: > > Chris, is the CouchDB "vision" and focus going to be more on the > > localhost/CouchApp type of solution, or more on a robust, scalable > > distributed document database? My sense is the former, even though I > think > > CouchDB has a lot of advantages in the latter. > > No question about it, CouchDB has it's sights set on being able to run > at datacenter-scale. Cloudant already has an implementation of > partitioning (based on Cliff Moon's Dynomite) which can handle > big-data / high-throughput by clustering across many machines. I can't > speak for them, but they've expressed interest in rolling this back > into the Apache tree, and I imagine a lot of this work will happen in > the coming months. > Chris covered our thoughts exactly. We are running our beta right now to iron out the kinks and get some real-world operational experience with a CouchDB clustering / distribution layer. Once the functionality has demonstrated some time operating at scale, we will be working to get it into the wild so more people can test it and contribute enhancements. Cheers, Brad Anderson http://cloudant.com --00032555b19a94bdbe047c07bbf5--