I was hosting my node app on Heroku connected to a mongolab for the DB. Thanks to a few tips from here, I've deployed my app code to Bluemix. I moved mainly because I'm changing databases from mongodb to couchdb, and am hoping that Bluemix might have a faster connection due the relationship they have as both being IBM services.
Ok, now for the questions :p
First, since Cloudant was added to my app as a "service" it was generically provisioned and hence the username/pass/etc were generated. I assume I can also simply create my own separate Cloudant account and put an all of its settings into my Bluemix app manually. So, if I was to do that, to separately link up a separate Cloudantdb to my Bluemix app, would it be slightly slower or have any other negatives? I'm asking because maybe when it's auto-provisioned (and all done together), maybe it is configured in a way with few network hops/firewalls are skipped between the connections. Remember my initial motivation for trying out Bluemix was due to its relationship with Cloudant.
Second, if I decided to just stick with the auto-provisioned Cloudant db, how can I change the username? I've been playing with the interface and don't see that option anywhere. If I can or can't, I assume that I should be able to point my separate Heroku app to it using the same credentials Bluemix uses and it should work the same (as a separate db, just like I do with my single Mongolab and various PAAS providers).
Thanks for the info! Paul
