Which non SQL Database ?

[Roy Smith]

In article <4cfb8021$1 at dnews.tpgi.com.au>,
 Lie Ryan <lie.1296 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 12/05/10 10:43, Jorge Biquez wrote:
> > I do not see a good reason for not using Sqlite3 BUT if for some reason
> > would not be an option.... what plain schema of files would you use? 
> 
> Assuming you don't want SQL, you can use filesystem-based database. Most
> people doesn't realize that a filesystem is essentially a database (of
> files) and a file explorer is a (sort of) DBMS. It is relatively easy to
> create a robust (as robust as the filesystem) and fast (as fast as the
> filesystem) database system by using folders and files (and optionally
> hard and symbolic links) to store data in hierarchical topology.

Another possibility is one of the new breed of non-relational databases.  
We've been using MongoDB (http://www.mongodb.org/) and so far are happy 
with it.  You can find a bunch of other alternatives in Wikipedia's 
NoSQL article.