Actually, "noSQL" is a misleading misnomer. With C* you have CQL which is adapted from SQL syntax and purpose.
For a poster boy, try Netflix. Regards, James Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 30, 2016, at 4:59 AM, Sikander Rafiq <hafiz_ra...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks for your comments/suggestions. > > > Yes I understand my project needs and requirements. Surely it requires to > handle huge data for what i'm exploring what suits for it. > > > Though Cassandra is distributed, scalable and highly available, but it is > NoSql means Sql part is missing and needs to be handled. > > > > Can anyone please tell me some big name who is using Cassandra for handling > its huge data sets like Twitter etc. > > > > Sent from Outlook > > > > From: Edward Capriolo <edlinuxg...@gmail.com> > Sent: Friday, December 30, 2016 5:53 AM > To: user@cassandra.apache.org > Subject: Re: Query > > You should start with understanding your needs. Once you understand your need > you can pick the software that fits your need. Staring with a software stack > is backwards. > >> On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 11:34 PM, Ben Slater <ben.sla...@instaclustr.com> >> wrote: >> I wasn’t familiar with Gizzard either so I thought I’d take a look. The >> first things on their github readme is: >> NB: This project is currently not recommended as a base for new consumers. >> (And no commits since 2013) >> >> So, Cassandra definitely looks like a better choice as your datastore for a >> new project. >> >> Cheers >> Ben >> >>> On Fri, 30 Dec 2016 at 12:41 Manoj Khangaonkar <khangaon...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> I am not that familiar with gizzard but with gizzard + mysql , you have >>> multiple moving parts in the system that need to managed separately. You'll >>> need the mysql expert for mysql and the gizzard expert to manage the >>> distributed part. It can be argued that long term this will have higher >>> adminstration cost >>> >>> Cassandra's value add is its simple peer to peer architecture that is easy >>> to manage - a single database solution that is distributed, scalable, >>> highly available etc. In other words, once you gain expertise cassandra, >>> you get everything in one package. >>> >>> regards >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 4:05 AM, Sikander Rafiq <hafiz_ra...@hotmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm exploring Cassandra for handling large data sets for mobile app, but >>> i'm not clear where it stands. >>> >>> >>> If we use MySQL as underlying database and Gizzard for building custom >>> distributed databases (with arbitrary storage technology) and Memcached for >>> highly queried data, then where lies Cassandra? >>> >>> >>> >>> As i have read that Twitter uses both Cassandra and Gizzard. Please explain >>> me where Cassandra will act. >>> >>> >>> Thanks in advance. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Sikander >>> >>> >>> >>> Sent from Outlook >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> http://khangaonkar.blogspot.com/ >
