hello, Would be great to have support for VoltDB . It has a native Python driver as well as a json interface .. very promising DB which is a mix between NoSQL & relational SQL. The database retains the data in RAM or disk partitions and distributes both the data and the SQL engine which processes it, across the server or server cluster's processor cores.
In short, it's designed for the Web and takes care of sharding while still using SQL as a query language. imho, perfect match for web2py. SB ps: im not affiliated with voltdb but fan of their DB