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Dropping ACID

The de-facto durability story in MongoDB is essentially… there is none. Or at least single server durability. OMFG! No ACID WTF! &^%#^#?! For the next generation of internet scale, downtime intolerant systems, ACID may not be a desirable property. Traditional … Continue reading

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