No one appreciates speed and accuracy like those in the professional sports business. That's why gambling site YouWin.com upgraded from their old SQL databases to MongoDB. The change was implemented slowly, one department at a time, their enthusiasm growing with each expansion. Finally, they deployed MongoDB on their web server and the change was dramatic, reducing the computing overhead of more than 1,000 SQL queries to render their home page to an astounding 2 MongoDB requests!
The key to this extraordinary performance gain lay in MongoDB's document-based model which is less rigidly structured than the more common relational model employed by SQL servers. They soon discovered that not only had their IT operations been sped up by MongoDB, but the problems of scalability that had concerned them as their business grew completely disappeared with this new data model.
Similarly, the world-famous CraigsList.org discovered MongoDB when they began approaching the 2 billion record mark in 2011. With their user community that spans 570 cities in 50 countries posting 1.5 million new ads each day, they also felt constrained by the traditional data model and it was MongoDB to the rescue. Their current database is designed to contain 5 billion documents and 10 terabytes of data with plenty of room for expansion when it becomes necessary. I'm sure the reader is aware of the speed and efficiency of CraigsList's online operations, so we can suffice it to say that MongoDB is performing admirably for them as well.
In this era of rapidly expanding businesses and even more rapidly expanding data, it is fortunate that the IT professional no longer has to consider a difficult trade-off between efficiency and scalability when MongoDB excels at both. We at Touch: Hand-Crafted Software specialize in MongoDB and would be pleased to discuss how we can build the software that will give your business world-class data processing capabilities with an integrated online presence as well. Call us, write us, or send us a tweet today. You'll be glad you did.
