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Riak uses InnoDB as its default disk storage engine. Membase is built around the well-established memcache protocol. Both are very promising projects.

I see an encouraging trend in enhancing proven technology, instead of re-writing everything indiscriminately.

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The current version of Riak uses Bitcask as the default disk storage engine, but InnoDB is an option that you can use. They each work well for specific workloads - Bitcask scales up until your keys (not total data) can't fit in RAM.

Thanks for the correction. I still by everything in my comment except for the word "default" :)

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