[tor-dev] Python ExoneraTor

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On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 3:22 AM, Karsten Loesing <karsten at torproject.org> wrote:
> let me make one remark about optimizing Postgres defaults: I wrote quite
> a few database queries in the past, and some of them perform horribly
> (relay search) whereas others perform really well (ExoneraTor).  I
> believe that the majority of performance gains can be achieved by
> designing good tables, indexes, and queries.  Only as a last resort we
> should consider optimizing the Postgres defaults.
>
> You realize that a searchable descriptor archives focuses much more on
> database optimization than the ExoneraTor rewrite from Java to Python
> (which would leave the database untouched)?

Are other datastore models such as splunk or MongoDB useful?
[splunk has a free yet proprietary limited binary... those having
historical woes and takebacks, mentioned just for example here.]