> I chose MongoDB because it seemed very lightweight and the ease of changing the models.
This makes me think that the author didn't put enough effort into determining the right solution for this problem. Using something like MongoDB requires experience too, which the author lacked.
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> I chose MongoDB because it seemed very lightweight and the ease of changing the models.
This makes me think that the author didn't put enough effort into determining the right solution for this problem. Using something like MongoDB requires experience too, which the author lacked.
>Sharding also assumes a replica set, which will help bring in secondaries when your primary goes down.
I'm not sure they used more than a single mongod. I'm not sure any datastore would have been forgiving of the lack of attention to best practices.