I too built a prototype using couch. The thing that scares me is that the database gets really huge and has to be compacted "by hand." I'm not exactly sure wh

I too built a prototype using couch. The thing that scares me is that the database gets really huge and has to be compacted "by hand." I'm not exactly sure when to run the compactions when lots of users are on as I understand that it can create some performance problems. I find it's performance reliable and repeatable (with SpiderMonkey) however. I just don't fully understand its working parameters (I also wonder how much they are likely to change). The mailing list seems excellent, FWIW.