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Chris Anderson commented on COUCHDB-465:
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I think the work that has been done has allayed my concerns. I'd suggest making
the sequentialish-randomy one the default.
I think db uuids are their own issue, and are needed for lots of reasons.
> Produce sequential, but unique, document id's
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>
> Key: COUCHDB-465
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-465
> Project: CouchDB
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Reporter: Robert Newson
> Attachments: couch_uuids.patch, uuid_generator.patch
>
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> Currently, if the client does not specify an id (POST'ing a single document
> or using _bulk_docs) a random 16 byte value is created. This kind of key is
> particularly brutal on b+tree updates and the append-only nature of couchdb
> files.
> Attached is a patch to change this to a two-part identifier. The first part
> is a random 12 byte value and the remainder is a counter. The random prefix
> is rerandomized when the counter reaches its maximum. The rollover in the
> patch is at 16 million but can obviously be changed. The upshot is that the
> b+tree is updated in a better fashion, which should lead to performance
> benefits.
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