Partition Keys in Longevity

I'm so excited to announce the release of longevity version 0.16.0! Longevity now supports partition keys - a key where, given a key value, we can determine the node in a distributed database where the data resides (or would reside, if it existed). This is a critical feature for NoSQL databases in a distributed context. A partition key is implemented with sharding in MongoDB, and with partitioning in Cassandra.

I'll provide a brief example of a partition key here after the jump, but to learn more about it, please take a look at the user manual.