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The problem with that thinking is that the replication mattered. I'd argue it didn't, it was essentially a scam that people fell for. Who cares about failover w
by tensor 9y ago
The problem with that thinking is that the replication mattered. I'd argue it didn't, it was essentially a scam that people fell for. Who cares about failover when you're losing data due to a bad implementation? Who cares about replication when you can gain the same performance by using a performant database on a single node?
Did mongodb truly allow anyone to really horizontally scale? Most places that need massive horizontal scaling using something like mysql as far as I know.
- imtringued 9y agoThe thing I don't understand about mongodb is that it makes a tradeoff for scalability. The secret ingredient in the horizontal scaling sauce is giving up inter node ACID transactions. Nothing prevents you from making the same tradeoff with mysql or postgresql.
- eloff 9y agoIndeed, that's how youtube, twitter, and facebook use MySQL, among others.