>Where I believe we've failed (or, if you prefer, not yet succeeded) is >communicating this information to the public.
Absolutely (speaking as member of that public) I'm starting to use Couch in production and can learn a huge amount from threads like this ... is there a 'best practice' guide to setting up and tuning your couchdb for production anywhere on the wiki? It would be great if I could visit the wiki, type best practice into the search box and then get a page of useful information like this that points me to where problems can arise and how to mitigate them before they are an issue. Perhaps if someone knowledgable started the wiki page, that would encourage others to chip in and flesh it out. Roger