We're doing a mobile (Android) digital library system and storing large docs (audio/video) in couchdb. There's a couchdb doc with metadata and then the corresponding file is attached. It seems to be working OK so far, but we're just getting started.
--------------------------- www.maf.org/rhoads www.ontherhoads.org On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 2:13 PM, svilen <[email protected]> wrote: > hi > i need some form of synchronised storage for audio files (with > some metadata). Something like 10-400Mb per attachment, 1-10 > attachments per doc, overall about 1000 docs, 3000 attachments, > 300G total. Now i'm using just plain filesystem but it's a pain to > maintain consistency across several copies. > > As i don't really need more than 1 version back, i'm playing with idea > of using couchdb for that. Either putting the files as attachments, or > if not possible, using it as filesystem-miming synchronised metadata, > with appropriate listeners reacting on changes (like rename, mv, etc). > > Any experiences on this? how does couchdb work in such > big-files scenario? > > ciao > svilen >
