Thanks for the response I guess I can handle security of the database by putting some kind of lock on on the memory stick, or the entire app, but what about replication. I understand it now replicates on port 80: - is it robust? - Any ideas how could I encrypt the transmission over public access networks?
Regards Anthony 2008/7/2 Jan Lehnardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Anthony, > On Jul 2, 2008, at 10:53, Anthony Waddell wrote: > >> Greetings >> I was about to start developing an app that is to be used in various >> remote rural areas with little/no internet connectivity. The data >> generated in these sites needs to be replicated back to a central >> database. I was going to do it in Notes/Domino, running the app on a >> memory stick that could then be taken by the remote worker to their >> nearest town, zapped into a workstation with internet access, and so >> replicated to the central server. Now I'm wondering if I should do it >> in Couchdb instead? > > The scenario you describe is the exact kind of which CouchDB was > designed to handle. > > >> Some questions: >> - can it run an instance (programme and data) on a memory stick? > > Yeah. A simple example is the just-released binary package for > MacOS X I threw together: > http://jan.prima.de/~jan/plok/archives/142-CouchDBX-Revival.html > > This is obviously Mac-only, but equally possible to do for other > platforms. > >> - does this sound feasible in this environment? >> >> - Is Couchdb ready for showtime in an environment like this. I need >> to feel confident that these isolated offices that are a long way from >> any help are going to get a robust solution > > Maybe not yet fo your purposes. CouchDB does not have a sense > of security (it will, though). So you'd need to write a small > proxy application that would do authentication and whatever else > you need. I guess you don't want to open each local instance to > everybody for replication :) > > With large views, we are still missing database compaction, but > that won't be much of a problem with small data sets or small > views. > > >> (P.S. Newbie....so apologies in advance if this is the wrong forum) > > This is the exact right place to discuss this :) Feel free to send in > any follow-up questions you might have. And have a look at > our documentation: http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/ > > Cheers > Jan > -- >
