CouchDB: Roll Your Own, Or Go With a Service?

Nerval's Lobster writes "Developer and editor Jeff Cogswell asks: When it comes to implementing a CouchDB installation, do you roll your own, or go with a service that provides a hosted version of the database? He takes a look at some of the technologies present in CouchDB that can greatly influence that decision. His conclusion? Like all things, it's a little complicated. 'If you're going to be self-hosting—unless you're working on a really small system—don't use the basic CouchDB for anything,' he writes. 'If you want scalability, either go with Couchbase or BigCouch, or wait until Cloudant's BigCouch merger into CouchDB is officially available.' But going with a host also creates its own things to watch for, including potential issues with replication and eventual consistency."

Comments

Basically, it's bollocks

[magic maverick]

it's all bollocks. total shit. /. is going to hell in a hand basket, and shit like this isn't helping.
a story for you:

once upon a time, a young lass decided to kill the king. so she set out with her weapon of choice, and charmed her way to the throne room. there she blew up the universe, thus killing the king (and everyone and everything else).

the moral of the story is, don't be afraid to take down what you love to kill the greater evil.

i.e. let's all start shooting politicians and capitalists. and police and similar scum who support them.