> From: Gibbon, Robert, VF-Group
[...]
> It was noted by some that Hbase has pretty much eclipsed
> Cassandra since FB dumped it in favour of hbase - but I
> guess its no competition...
I don't see it as a competition. These two systems solve a similar but
partially disjoint set of scalability problems in different ways. Sometimes one
has a better fit for a use case, sometimes the other.
Rackspace is heavily invested in improving Cassandra.
On our part, we're getting more and more invested in improving HBase as we ramp
up. There are others.
To each their own.
That said, I would be lying if I didn't say that brings me some joy, mainly
because in my view the "marketing" for that other project sometimes goes into
the shady areas we see in the commercial space. If there is any advantage HBase
has, in my experience the caliber and integrity of the HBase committers is top
notch, and their focus is on tech not buzz sometimes to the project's
disadvantage against aggressive marketers.
- Andy
