Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 93795 invoked from network); 27 Jul 2010 22:09:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by 140.211.11.9 with SMTP; 27 Jul 2010 22:09:18 -0000 Received: (qmail 51058 invoked by uid 500); 27 Jul 2010 22:09:17 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 51007 invoked by uid 500); 27 Jul 2010 22:09:16 -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 50999 invoked by uid 99); 27 Jul 2010 22:09:16 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:09:16 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.7 required=10.0 tests=SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (athena.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [209.85.161.180] (HELO mail-gx0-f180.google.com) (209.85.161.180) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:09:09 +0000 Received: by gxk22 with SMTP id 22so2500649gxk.11 for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:08:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.101.75.17 with SMTP id c17mr10429932anl.128.1280268527055; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:08:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.102] (c-98-248-172-14.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [98.248.172.14]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id r7sm9352304anb.35.2010.07.27.15.08.45 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:08:46 -0700 (PDT) Sender: J Chris Anderson Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1081) Subject: Re: Where is the data stored during "offline periods" From: J Chris Anderson In-Reply-To: <20100723122743.mc7fjp2xkw8swk4c@webmail.ntnu.no> Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:08:43 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <20100723122743.mc7fjp2xkw8swk4c@webmail.ntnu.no> To: user@couchdb.apache.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1081) On Jul 23, 2010, at 3:27 AM, olethoh@stud.ntnu.no wrote: > Hi >=20 > I'm currently doing some research about CouchDB and I find it has some = really cool features, especially the possibility to work offline! = However, I don't understand where the data is stored when the connection = is down, how can you store a really big database on a smart phone? >=20 With a locally installed CouchDB, the data is stored on the phone. I'm pretty sure my phone has 16 GB of storage in it, so that should be = enough for a few contacts databases, my bookmarks, and a todo-list or = three. Even all the databases I've accumulated on my laptop in the last years = add up only to 3.2 GB. Chris > Ole >=20