When I asked phark for such a document, he said: So, here is what we generally caution *against* using Riak for:
1) It's not a graph database 2) Time Series apps (it's doable but not optimal) 2) Stuff that is analytics-heavy or requires a lot of adhoc queries. It'd be nice to see examples of how other people are using Riak to build out their environment. --- Jeremiah Peschka Founder, Brent Ozar PLF, LLC On Aug 4, 2011, at 7:33 AM, Jonathan Langevin wrote: > It would be great to see Riak configuration & use scenarios, available online > (not just buried in the list somewhere). > > One such scenario that I'd be interested in seeing, is a setup where you have > a Riak cluster with a specific node that is used for all reads/writes of an > application. > The idea is to ensure that the data is always online (via cluster), but also > ensure that you always have the latest version of your data (specific single > node read/write). > If this primary node goes down, then just switch the application to a new > primary node. That could occur via application logic or other solution that > exists between application and riak cluster. > > To represent such a scenario as I've requested, someone would post their > suggested/recommended Riak config, client read config, client write config, > and any other relevant information, especially pros/cons and if they have in > fact used this configuration before (with[out] success). > > > It would be good to have a scenario wishlist, where someone lists what they > would like to see a usable configuration, which others can respond to with > their configuration / use case. > > > If Basho/Riak were interested in providing such a function to the community, > maybe to make this available sooner than later, it could be implemented via > the Wiki, with some basic guidelines? > > This idea wouldn't need to exist exactly as I've presented it, just something > that achieves a similar goal would be quite useful. > > > Jonathan Langevin > Systems Administrator > Loom Inc. > Wilmington, NC: (910) 241-0433 - [email protected] - > www.loomlearning.com - Skype: intel352 > > _______________________________________________ > riak-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.basho.com/mailman/listinfo/riak-users_lists.basho.com
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