On 2007.10.25, Jay Rohr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In general, I would not recommend using sob. It was developed for very
> specific requirements at AOL and it does not scale well under load -
> volume or frequency.  We are in the process of replacing it with
> something else.

Okay, this is just plain misinformation.  SOB works very well for what
it was intended for, a low-write, high-read, distributed service for
small objects (thus, the name "SOB").

Any scaling issues AOL is having has to do with how it has since been
misused and/or operationalized.

-- Dossy

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