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@@ -53,7 +53,13 @@ Architecture Muck is in essence a dict in memory, indexed by resource id, and an HTTP layer to allow it to be accessed. Any changes are logged to an append-only `changelog` file. At startup, the `changelog` is read and -the changes are made to the dict. +the changes are made to the dict. To backup and restore a Muck +instance, or to move it to another host, the `changelog` is enough. + +Muck currently does not provide replication, sharding, or scalability +to multiple nodes, or resiliency against its one node having problems +or disappearing. These are valid concerns, which may be addressed +later. There are currently no index data structures, so searches are very slow. |