3
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1answer
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Sharded key-value store using MongoDB

Would like to set up a key-value store that is sharded across multiple machines. We are currently using MongoDB, is there a reason why we shouldn't use MongoDB for this purpose? We also use Redis, ...
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3answers
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Relational vs Non-Relational Database for Events Database

I'm trying to find out whether an SQL or no-SQL solution would be better for creating an events database. I'm creating a ticketing system, similar to ticket master. I know that for either ...
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2answers
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To find a version for your pc check with the software publisher install mongodb

I want to install MongoDb on windows 8 but when i try to run C:\mongodb\bin\mongod.exeiget this error: To find a version for your pc check with the software publisher.
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Which database could handle storage of billions/trillions of records?

We are looking at developing a tool to capture and analyze netflow data, of which we gather tremendous amounts of. Each day we capture about ~1.4 billion flow records which would look like this in ...
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0answers
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MongoDB: Aggregation workaround by helper collection

Since I regularly run against mongodb's document size limit and also aggregation framework's group limitations >16M, depending on the amount of data I need to process, I look for a simple workaround. ...
1
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1answer
129 views

Books to start with big data [closed]

I would like to start learning about the big data technologies. I work in this area in the future. Does anyone know good books to start learning about it? Hadoop, HBase. Beginner - intermediate - ...
10
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1answer
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How do databases store index key values (on-disk) for variable length fields?

Context This question pertains to the low-level implementation details of indexes in both SQL and NoSQL database systems. Actual structure of the index (B+ tree, hash, SSTable, etc.) is irrelevant as ...
6
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2answers
192 views

Is there any way to efficiently perform the equivalent of DENSE_RANK in MongoDB?

SQL Server and Oracle both have DENSE_RANK functions. Is there a way to do something similar in MongoDB without having to resort to MapReduce? In other words, suppose you have a T-SQL select clause ...
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CouchDB vs MongoDB [closed]

Evaluating document-oriented storage, what are the pros and cons of CouchDB vs MongoDB?