yes, it's a smart question! On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 4:06 PM, Rick Otten <rot...@manta.com> wrote: > Should one make an effort to keep "node 0" from becoming a 'supernode'? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: user-boun...@lists.neo4j.org [mailto:user-boun...@lists.neo4j.org] On > Behalf Of Steven Kalemkiewicz > Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 10:58 AM > To: Neo4j user discussions > Subject: Re: [Neo4j] 10 questions > > What would you consider the lower-bound to be to classify a node as a > supernode? I saw that you referred to a city node with 100K relationships... > > -Steve > > On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 10:33 AM, Peter Neubauer < > peter.neuba...@neotechnology.com> wrote: > >> > 1, what's the general rule for choosing properties or relationship? >> > say a User lives in a City, which just contains a simple int id >> > value. to find users live in a city, i can do a simple traversal, of >> > all user nodes, or find the city node first, then collect all the >> > users. seems to me both ways work and share same level of performance. >> > (am i right here?) >> > >> Generally, if a number of properties really is denoting the same >> concept (like a city) and you don't want to duplicate the data, and be >> able to traverse or query it, I would introduce nodes. However, if the >> node woudl turn into a supernode (like a city node with 100K >> relationships), then consider introducing an in-graph indexing >> structure, or an out-of-graph external index like Lucene in order to >> look up relationships or nodes when you need them, since that will be >> cheaper. >> >> 6, say a facebook user may "likes" thousands of things, and these >> > things are sparsly connected. in this case, things should be modeled >> > as nodes or array property? >> > >> Nodes. Sparse connections are one of the places where Neo4j shines - a >> fairly balanced graph where supernodes are seldom. >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Neo4j mailing list > User@lists.neo4j.org > https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user > _______________________________________________ > Neo4j mailing list > User@lists.neo4j.org > https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user >
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