MongoDB 1.4 Production Release

http://blog.mongodb.org/post/472835820/mongodb-1-4-ready-for-production

by rit • 16 years ago

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pibefision3• 16 years ago

Just a question: mongo uses some kind of memory cache like memcached? or I need to implement it aside to get faster-faster performance? I'm thinking on a small app (10K visitors a day).

javery• 16 years ago

Mongo should be fast enough that you don't need to use memcached. It uses memory mapped files (which is also important to know since by default it only flushes data to disk every 60 seconds)

antirez• 16 years ago

Memory mapped files are nice, but once the mapped file starts to get much bigger than the physical memory pages the operating system can allocate, it starts to be asymptotically the same as accessing the filesystem from the point of view of latency, so indeed for datasets considerably bigger than RAM it is not possible to be as fast as memcached. Not a MongoDB limit, but a nature-imposed limit :)

dm_mongodb• 16 years ago

this blog post talks a bit about a real world implementation and when they do and do not use memcached with mongodb: http://www.businessinsider.com/how-we-use-mongodb-2009-11

ccarpenterg3• 16 years ago

I've tried MongoDB with the C++ API. I had a lot of problems in particular with the BSON objects and then switched to Memcached (+ MySQL). Do you think that the "production" version is working ok for all API's?

aaronbrethorst• 16 years ago

I am incredibly excited about the inclusion of geospatial indexing and searching (http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Geospatial+Indexing), especially with the impending release of full-text search next quarter (http://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-380).

pibefision3• 16 years ago

full-text search would be amazing.

mark_l_watson2• 16 years ago

I wrote about how easy it is to do some form of index and search: http://markwatson.com/blog/2009/11/mongodb-has-good-support-...

thibaut_barrere• 16 years ago

Same here - I've been using Sphinx quite a lot for geospatial stuff before. This feature was the only reason why I was still using it instead of MongoDB for some projects.

I'm already gone :)

mark_l_watson2• 16 years ago

Sweet, I am installing it right now on my MacBook (I always have it running) and if everything looks good I'll also install it on my 2 MongoDB servers. I really like MongoDB for its ease of use with Ruby and its rich query support. I am unlikely to ever need the scalability of Cassandra, and MongoDB's features fit my needs. The new geo location support looks good.

barmstrong• 16 years ago

Anyone found some simple steps to upgrade?

Surprised they didn't include it in the post.

I installed the previous version using these instructions: http://shiftcommathree.com/articles/how-to-install-mongodb-o...

EDIT: Figured it out.

The release notes provide a few more details. http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/1.4+Release+Notes

I pasted the steps I used here: http://www.pastie.org/887556

pointernil2• 16 years ago

Am I the only one a little disturbed by the "name" of this product?

At least in german speaking countries "mongo" is usually only used as insulting calling for people with Down-Syndrom...

nex3• 16 years ago

According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongo, there are a wide variety of uses of the word "Mongo".

pointernil2• 16 years ago

Yes, I completly understand that (which is as well true for many other words like "ass" and "behind" f.e.)...

Just wanted to point out this little maybe unknown "fact".

cheers

MartinMond2• 16 years ago

Where would one use MongoDB? Without durability I'm not really sure I see much applications using it.

MartinMond2• 16 years ago

Replying to myself (since I found out about this just now): Once MongoDB solves http://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-467 durability won't be an issue any more

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