> With NoSQL, the key/values are a lot simpler to replicate apparently. If all you need is a key/value store, I can see how that simplifies replication. Eg, if

> With NoSQL, the key/values are a lot simpler to replicate apparently. If all you need is a key/value store, I can see how that simplifies replication. Eg, if you have the key "foobar" and a 12-node cluster, you convert it to a number using a hash function, do "module 12", and that tells you which node to store the value on. If you want to store it on 2 nodes, do this again with a second hash function. That's lovely - as long as you don't need to join records, and never will. It's a risky prediction.