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Just like node.js. Simple to setup. No frameworks to learn. No need to integrate with web server. Few lines of code, run, and you have a web application respond

• tracker1 12y ago
  It's kind of funny, but MongoDB and node.js are a very natural pairing... very little disconnect. Though I really like RethinkDB, the lack of automated failover handling is about the only concern left keeping me from them. Because of the tooling around it, I'm using ElasticSearch om my next project over both of them. I've also used Cassandra in the past, which was great in some cases, harder in others. For the past couple years, I've tended to pair an SQL database with a key-value/document store depending on the needs. SQL is the canonical source, and saves are mirrored to the distributed database for wider reads. Most no-sql databases sacrifice parts of CAP/ACID in different ways, and can fit certain growth needs. When you are faced with paying a over $30-50k/month (hardware, licenses, bandwidth, redundancy) just to host your sql database on hardware big enough to handle the load, or distribute... distribution becomes an option. For a company with under a million a year in gross revenue, spending $600/year for the database alone is not an option. Even for larger companies it's probably not the best idea. There's something to be said for ease of configuration and administration in that mix.
  • proveanegative 12y ago
    >$30-50k/month That's a lot. Could you elaborate what kind of hardware and software one gets at that price level?