Tips for success

  • Run Neo4j on Linux or BSD
  • Take advantage of the training options offered by Neo4j, Inc.
  • Talk to others in the community
  • Don't use Neo4j for the first time on something mission-critical
  • Recruit someone to your team who has graph database experience
  • Once in production, continue to monitor your instances' JVMs for GC performance and tune as necessary

As with all NoSQL data stores, it is important to remember that Neo4j is not a general-purpose database. It works well with specific use cases. Usually such cases are where the relationship is as (or more) important as the entities that it connects. To that end, Neo4j makes a great fit for things such as social networks, matchmaking sites, network management systems, and recommendation ...

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