Any idea about how far the 0.7 release is ?? Cheers, Deepu.
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 10:52 PM, Vijay <vijay2...@gmail.com> wrote: > "Cassandra requires the schema to be defined before the database starts, > MongoDB can have any schema at run-time just like a normal database." > > This is changing in 0.7 > > Regards, > </VJ> > > > > > On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 7:25 PM, Jonathan Shook <jsh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> You can choose to have keys ordered by using an >> OrderPreservingPartioner with the trade-off that key ranges can get >> denser on certain nodes than others. >> >> On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 7:48 PM, philip andrew <philip14...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > Hi, >> > From my understanding, Cassandra entities are indexed on only one key, >> so >> > this can be a problem if you are searching for example by two values >> such as >> > if you are storing an entity with a x,y then wish to search for entities >> in >> > a box ie x>5 and x<10 and y>5 and y<10. MongoDB can do this, Cassandra >> > cannot due to only indexing on one key. >> > Cassandra can scale automatically just by adding nodes, almost infinite >> > storage easily, MongoDB requires database administration to add nodes, >> > setting up replication or allowing sharding, but not too complex. >> > MongoDB requires you to create sharded keys if you want to scale >> > horizontally, Cassandra just works automatically for scale horizontally. >> > Cassandra requires the schema to be defined before the database starts, >> > MongoDB can have any schema at run-time just like a normal database. >> > In the end I choose MongoDB as I require more indexes than Cassandra >> > provides, although I really like Cassandras ability to store almost >> infinite >> > amount of data just by adding nodes. >> > Thanks, Phil >> > >> > On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 5:57 AM, S Ahmed <sahmed1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> I tried searching mail-archive, but the search feature is a bit wacky >> (or >> >> more probably I don't know how to use it). >> >> What are the key differences between Cassandra and Mongodb? >> >> Is there a particular use case where each solution shines? >> > >> > >
