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Reddit in fact now runs on Cassandra - the top nosql solution for a social website
by alexro 16y ago
Reddit in fact now runs on Cassandra - the top nosql solution for a social website
- metachris 16y agoThat's interesting. The guys at reddit previously compared various database systems including Amazon's SimpleDB, and found that PostgreSQL was the fastest (see 'Scaling your Python application on EC2' from PyCon 2010: http://pycon.blip.tv/file/3257303/ http://pycon.blip.tv/file/3257303/ ) Appearently Reddit switched over to Cassandra in March 2010 (http://blog.reddit.com/2010/03/she-who-entangles-men.html http://blog.reddit.com/2010/03/she-who-entangles-men.html)
- jbellis 16y agoTo clarify, Reddit replaced memcachedb w/ cassandra entirely, but a lot of the site is still on postgresql. My understanding is they plan to move more to Cassnadra gradually.