[johnpaulett]

I can't find a reference to it, but I recall one of the developers mentioning that the current multi-db support lays the ground work necessary for sharding.

I would bet that once 1.2 is released at least several reusable apps pop up that implement various sharding/partitioning strategies.

[timtrueman]

That's the sense I get—that they are laying the framework for more advanced database functionality like sharding.