From user-return-7098-apmail-couchdb-user-archive=couchdb.apache.org@couchdb.apache.org Mon Oct 26 16:47:12 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 24718 invoked from network); 26 Oct 2009 16:47:12 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 26 Oct 2009 16:47:12 -0000 Received: (qmail 90576 invoked by uid 500); 26 Oct 2009 16:47:11 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 90495 invoked by uid 500); 26 Oct 2009 16:47:11 -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 90485 invoked by uid 99); 26 Oct 2009 16:47:11 -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 16:47:11 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: domain of adam.kocoloski@gmail.com designates 72.14.220.159 as permitted sender) Received: from [72.14.220.159] (HELO fg-out-1718.google.com) (72.14.220.159) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:46:59 +0000 Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id e12so4603745fga.5 for ; Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:46:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.86.232.33 with SMTP id e33mr1133619fgh.71.1256575599352; Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:46:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?10.0.1.9? (c-66-31-20-188.hsd1.ma.comcast.net [66.31.20.188]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 3sm3325594fge.14.2009.10.26.09.46.36 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:46:36 -0700 (PDT) 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: Adam Kocoloski In-Reply-To: Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:46:34 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <58CDA2A5-54C4-44DF-88A6-DCD075CC8B91@apache.org> References: To: user@couchdb.apache.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1076) X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org 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