[peteforde]

Except that those are not the words on a libelous, frustrated competitor. I've seen these claims validated over and over again both by posts on HN but also people I trust that have worked with MongoDB under load.

Performance benchmarks stop being meaningful when you realize that you can't fix the problem you're having without committing to a system-wide shutdown of unknown duration.

The main point that the author makes is that the creators of MongoDB do not follow rigourous practices. If this doesn't bother you, please go right ahead and use anything you wish.

I hear that /dev/null is really zippy these days.