Usenet news and maildir are cases where current operating systems already have to cope with that kind of load, so it's definitely possible. The question is, ca

Usenet news and maildir are cases where current operating systems already have to cope with that kind of load, so it's definitely possible. The question is, can this be useful without becoming a partial and bug-ridden reimplementation of a NoSQL database (just because we have NoSQL databases that fit the bill and carry less maintenance costs wrt a spit-and-glue solution).