pkgsrc-wip/mongodb/DESCR

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2011-02-14 04:36:13 +01:00
MongoDB wasnt designed in a lab. We built MongoDB from our own experiences building large scale, high availability, robust systems. We didnt start from scratch, we really tried to figure out what was broken, and tackle that. So the way I think about MongoDB is that if you take MySql, and change the data model from relational to document based, you get a lot of great features: embedded docs for speed, manageability, agile development with schema-less databases, easier horizontal scalability because joins arent as important. There are lots of things that work great in relational databases: indexes, dynamic queries and updates to name a few, and we havent changed much there. For example, the way you design your indexes in MongoDB should be exactly the way you do it in MySql or Oracle, you just have the option of indexing an embedded field.
Eliot Horowitz, 10gen CTO and Co-founder