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user5213476
user5213476

Reputation: 55

Is it efficient to store a chat log using an array in mongodb?

I am creating a chat application in Ruby on Rails and am trying to store messages in an array using Mongodb and mongoid. I have a model called Chat and it contains an array field called chatlog. Is there a better way to store chat history in Mongodb using rails?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 619

Answers (1)

khanmizan
khanmizan

Reputation: 936

it will be better to create a chat/message table and store messages in that table. you can take benefits of mongodb sharding and scaling by doing that. 

class User
  include Mongoid::Document
  field :name
end

class Message
  include Mongoid::Document
  field :body
  referenced_in :user
end

see the link below to see how mongodb helps you support high volume data.

your models can be like following:

http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/sharding/

Upvotes: 1

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