Thanks Aaron for the reply. Yes, VMs or the nodes will be in cloud if we don't go the physical route.
" Look how Cassandra scales and provides redundancy. " But how does it differ for physical machines or VMs (in cloud.) Or after your first comment, are you saying that there is no difference whether we use physical or VMs (in cloud)? Regards, Shahab On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 7:34 PM, Aaron Turner <synfina...@gmail.com> wrote: > Physical machines unless you're running your cluster in the cloud > (AWS/etc). > > Reason is simple: Look how Cassandra scales and provides redundancy. > > Aaron Turner > http://synfin.net/ Twitter: @synfinatic > https://github.com/synfinatic/tcpreplay - Pcap editing and replay tools > for Unix & Windows > Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary > Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. > -- Benjamin Franklin > > > > On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 4:21 PM, Shahab Yunus <shahab.yu...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> We are deciding whether to get VMs or physical machines for a Cassandra >> cluster. I know this is a very high-level question depending on lots of >> factors and in fact I want to know that how to tackle this is and what >> factors should we take into consideration while trying to find the answer. >> >> Data size? Writing speed (whether write heavy usecases or not)? Random >> ead use-cases? column family design/how we store data? >> >> Any pointers, documents, guidance, advise would be appreciated. >> >> Thanks a lot. >> >> Regards, >> Shahab >> > >
