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		stavros on Dec 6, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What The Heck Are You Actually Using NoSQL For? I used MongoDB for my MSc thesis, and I really enjoyed the silent data corruption feature [1]. That said, I would use MongoDB again if it stops being horribly unstable. These days, I use redis for caching and as a celery backend, and I love it to bits. [1] not.

mkramlich on Dec 7, 2010 [–]

please dish. esp what version of MongoDB you used when you had the corruption issue.

stavros on Dec 7, 2010 | [–]

Here's part 2, there's a link to part 1:

http://www.korokithakis.net/node/119

Also, because everyone is going to skim the post and say "you were using the 32-bit version":

1. Only for some of the corruptions.

2. IT SHOULDN'T CORRUPT DATA ANYWAY!

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