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[GitHub] [couchdb-docker] wohali edited a comment on issue #3: Docker for Windows image

wohali edited a comment on issue #3:
URL: https://github.com/apache/couchdb-docker/issues/3#issuecomment-689825234


   Not planning to do this anytime soon.
   
   That said, the Windows port of CouchDB has _terrible_ performance as compared to literally any other platform. It is not intended for production use, and you will have a bad time if you try to scale CouchDB on Windows. We publish the binaries to make development and testing easier.
   
   Improving the performance on Windows would require a concerted effort from Microsoft, working with Ericsson, to improve file-based access on Windows in Erlang, especially when it comes to file locking mechanisms and stdio. We asked about this over 10 years ago, and are still waiting...


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