We're using Cassandra in development to store custom index information
on large document sets. Also considered HBase and Voldemort.
Cassandra's data model and performance tradeoffs seemed to best fit
our needs.
Features that we're looking forward to seeing:
* map/reduce integration
* built-in counters with incr/decr
* more automated load balancing
Cheers,
Phil
On Nov 20, 2009, at 3:17 PM, Jonathan Ellis wrote:
Hi all,
I'd love to get a better feel for who is using Cassandra and what kind
of applications it is seeing. If you are using Cassandra, could you
share what you're using it for and what stage you are at with it
(evaluation / testing / production)? Also, what alternatives you
evaluated/are evaluating would be useful. Finally, feel free to throw
in "I'd love to use Cassandra if only it did X" wishes. :)
I can start: Rackspace is using Cassandra for stats collection
(testing, almost production) and as a backend for the Mail & Apps
division (early testing). We evaluated HBase, Hypertable, dynomite,
and Voldemort as well.
Thanks,
-Jonathan
(If you're in stealth mode or don't want to say anything in public,
feel free to reply to me privately and I will keep it off the record.)
