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You don't pick your storage layer based on perceived ease of devops, you pick it based on how well it accomplishes the needs of your workload. You pick it beca

You don't pick your storage layer based on perceived ease of devops, you pick it based on how well it accomplishes the needs of your workload. You pick it because it fits well in your architecture. If you're worried about scale before you need to scale, you're wasting thought cycles and probably capital. Worry first about getting people to give a shit about your product, and then move on to scale when the time comes.

threeseed 12y ago
You pick the database based on the characteristics that are important to your business. If you're cash/resource strapped than ease of operation will be important. If you're ingesting data at high rates from day one then scalability will be important. There are plenty of cases where MongoDB is the right choice from day one and plenty of cases where it isn't. Who are you to lecture others on what is/is not important for their needs ?
- chris_wot 12y ago
  If you are cash and resource strapped, then I would NOT recommend using MongoDB. Seriously, in terms of cash, Postgres can cost you nothing; if you are resource strapped - use Postgres, there are a heck of a lot more people who know it than MongoDB. If you can't setup replication, then IMO you have some seriously larger underlying problems with your startup. Don't forget that a lot of people have realized that MongoDB is NOT a good fit for what they want to do. Then they have a resourcing problem - a big one.
  - threeseed 12y ago
    MongoDB costs you nothing as well. And there are plenty of people who know MongoDB as well as 10gen who can provide official support if needed. It is quite a popular database you know. And there are plenty of people who are switching away from PostgreSQL and other SQL databases to MongoDB. Again it is quite a popular database (hence the huge amounts of cash they seem to be easily raising).

threeseed 12y ago

You pick the database based on the characteristics that are important to your business. If you're cash/resource strapped than ease of operation will be important. If you're ingesting data at high rates from day one then scalability will be important. There are plenty of cases where MongoDB is the right choice from day one and plenty of cases where it isn't. Who are you to lecture others on what is/is not important for their needs ?

chris_wot 12y ago
If you are cash and resource strapped, then I would NOT recommend using MongoDB. Seriously, in terms of cash, Postgres can cost you nothing; if you are resource strapped - use Postgres, there are a heck of a lot more people who know it than MongoDB. If you can't setup replication, then IMO you have some seriously larger underlying problems with your startup. Don't forget that a lot of people have realized that MongoDB is NOT a good fit for what they want to do. Then they have a resourcing problem - a big one.
- threeseed 12y ago
  MongoDB costs you nothing as well. And there are plenty of people who know MongoDB as well as 10gen who can provide official support if needed. It is quite a popular database you know. And there are plenty of people who are switching away from PostgreSQL and other SQL databases to MongoDB. Again it is quite a popular database (hence the huge amounts of cash they seem to be easily raising).