Is it just the counters they are using mysql/postgresql for or also the list of stories?
e.g. get me the top stories in category x. On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Ryan King <r...@twitter.com> wrote: > They don't use cassandra for it yet. > > -ryan > > On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 9:00 AM, S Ahmed <sahmed1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > From what I read in another thread, Cassandra isn't used for isn't > 'ideal' > > for keeping track of counts. > > For example, I would undertand this to mean keeping track of which > stories > > were dugg. > > If this is true, how would a site like digg keep track of the 'dugg' > > counter? > > Also, I am assuming with eventual consistancy the number *may* not be > 100% > > accurate. If you wanted it to be accurate, would you just use the Quorom > > flag? (I believe quorom is to ensure all writes are written to disk) >
