Ali,
An RDBMS is solving a different problem than Cassandra is so its an apples
to oranges comparison from where I sit. If you don't need Cassandra (which
sounds like you do), then don't use it -- more nodes and higher tiers of
AWS are a function of the features it offers. Imagine what your
A client recently inquired about the costs of running Cassandra vs a
traditional RDBMS like Postgres or Mysql, in the cloud.
They are releasing a b2b product similar to Slack, Trello, etc which will
have a free tier. And they're concerned about the costs of running it on
Cassandra, and whether it
