Netflix appears to be using SSD instances for their Cassandra deployment on AWS.[1] Also, more and more hosting providers start offering SSD-based products (e.

Netflix appears to be using SSD instances for their Cassandra deployment on AWS.[1] Also, more and more hosting providers start offering SSD-based products (e.g. DigitalOcean) [1]: http://techblog.netflix.com/2012/07/benchmarking-high-performance-io-with.html http://techblog.netflix.com/2012/07/benchmarking-high-perfor...