Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-couchdb-user-archive@locus.apache.org Received: (qmail 97672 invoked from network); 25 Nov 2008 18:03:18 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 25 Nov 2008 18:03:18 -0000 Received: (qmail 48026 invoked by uid 500); 25 Nov 2008 18:03:27 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-couchdb-user-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 47880 invoked by uid 500); 25 Nov 2008 18:03:26 -0000 Mailing-List: contact couchdb-user-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: couchdb-user@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list couchdb-user@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 47869 invoked by uid 99); 25 Nov 2008 18:03:26 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:03:26 -0800 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: domain of lstask@gmail.com designates 209.85.200.175 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.200.175] (HELO wf-out-1314.google.com) (209.85.200.175) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:02:00 +0000 Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 27so63605wfd.21 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:02:46 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:from:to :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version :subject:date:references:x-mailer; bh=TXBNPkWncxm4gx2dW+7KPSuB07JDUXUkT35Da/ML8Rs=; b=lbqHoqUqXeNMqqdYFkZI4eKuhA8HCy6Zd7imQZ0uKtIvLWyCf0DqxQhXOme+8UKgJs +k3OwkDyg3jXoWanfSNSmi88a3IrdKrrxPLUwTOiflW7dBKkiLEen1lTBw/SKd01TO0O 1pBiyQ8sIGT5HKV7qwZoVza/dhMiEDARdrIiA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:from:to:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:subject:date:references :x-mailer; b=nUChnNJbi72piPJz3tZm/DwgCVrFjPUmzwYtXB1RFrPEPDT0Qh3Xb2vqlbCznUHSnk LL6o8hLFCLnqgB5Nd3NTxZsTxKo1oyCKjG06wXFB+fYStzdyzzd8bdkWjCXwT9oS3Bfe XcGljXskTOhMYbrTfaLOgcioZO/+/Rm0IKTOs= Received: by 10.114.195.19 with SMTP id s19mr2796306waf.10.1227636166684; Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:02:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.0.50? ([76.14.81.73]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id q20sm1298084pog.21.2008.11.25.10.02.45 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:02:46 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: From: Liam Staskawicz To: couchdb-user@incubator.apache.org In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v929.2) Subject: Re: another CouchDB evaluation Q Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:02:44 -0800 References: <8DB69C88-FC6B-4AC6-93BA-5034AEE9F742@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.929.2) X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org On Nov 25, 2008, at 9:29 AM, Chris Anderson wrote: > On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 8:06 PM, Liam Staskawicz > wrote: >> - is the notion of a variety of sources (threads) of write data an >> issue? >> I've gathered that it's not from my investigations so far, but >> would like >> to make sure I've understood everything properly. > > I think multiple sources can make things easier. If your various > sources are relatively independent (and independent summarized data is > acceptable) then you'd do well to have each source write to its own > logical database. They can start out living on the same node, but by > picking such an easy way to shard, you'll have more flexibility with > replication later should some of those sources outstrip the ability of > a single node to absorb writes. Great - thanks all for your input. I'll continue experimenting and let you know how it goes. Cheers! Liam