Drupal: Highly Scaleable Document Repository

As information slowly progresses down the road toward the inevitable goal of freedom the need to manage large repositories of quickly findable information will become increasingly important.  There is a growing solution for managing huge amounts of information in the form of documentation and it is called Mongo.

Mongo is derived from the word humongous which makes sense since it is all about supporting the indexing of huge numbers of documents. What is interesting is that MondoDB is not sitting on top of typical SQL (Standard Query Language) database. In a traditional database scenario you have many layers that have to get setup between the front end user interface and the back end database to simplify the experience of pulling information from the data storage.  In MongoDB the layering and symantech schema of the stored data is simplified to make it more simple and quicker to search for and find the information for which you are searching.

What is also great is that Drupal, in the coming version 7, will support MongoDB searching and document retrieval, which is great news.  In addition, Drupal 7 itself will allow you to architect elements of a Drupal site using MongoDB on the back end.

If you are interested in learning more and you happen to be in Texas Saturday, March 27th, the Austin Drupal Users Group will be hosting an event to take a look at the integration between MongoDB and Drupal 7!  So get going cowboys and girls! Get your learn on.