Thanks Micheal, That is a really concise summary. I will post it as an answer on a related stack exchange question.
Kim On Sun, Sep 2, 2018 at 10:36 AM 'Michael Hunger' via Neo4j < neo4j@googlegroups.com> wrote: > I think from what you describe, you don't need a RDBMS. > > That is usually only needed in > > 1. existing systems that are already built on an RDBMS that are used from > multiple applications and reporting systems > 2. huge amounts of read-only properties, including BLOB/CLOB > 3. loads of reporting queries that only run aggregations of the data > > Michael > > > On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 12:15 AM, Kim Prince <k...@kimprince.com> wrote: > >> I am planning to build an application which relies heavily on a directed >> graph (similar to a social graph). >> >> There is no doubt that Neo4j will be required, but I'm having trouble >> deciding if I will also require an RDBMS. Is there an easy way for me to >> get a feel for this, other than just building the thing with Neo4j, and >> introducing the RDBMS if/when I reach a choke point? >> >> Some details of the planned application are as follows: >> >> - Designed for 10's of thousands of users, if not 100's of thousands >> - Business logic implemented using MVC (Laravel) >> - Some mobile traffic, some desktop, access via an API >> - Most DB activity will be reading from the graph >> - Not a lot of reporting required >> >> There will be around 8 types of entities that I will definitely implement >> as node types. The primary focus of the application is the relationships >> between these nodes. If I incorporate an RDBMS, it will require around 30 >> tables for the remaining entities and their relationships. >> >> Any advice? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Neo4j" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to neo4j+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Join our new Community Site & Forum <https://community.neo4j.com> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Neo4j" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to neo4j+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Neo4j" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neo4j+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
