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lypanov # Is there any good reason to use Cassandra rather than riak? How does the 
raw speed compare? Im having problems finding benchmarks :)

seancribbs # lypanov: it's hard to compare them side-by-side at least, in terms of performance
their access patterns are very different

lypanov # hey seancribbs. just listened to your awesome changelog podcast. thusly my being here :)

seancribbs # cool I didn't say much in that one, at least compared to andy

bingeldac # it is hard to shut andy up

seancribbs # what I can say is, we'll be releasing our basho_bench tool next week
and you can use it to test how well Riak will work for you

bingeldac # or cassandra

seancribbs # shhh

bingeldac # heh doh

lypanov # seancribbs: i wanted to use cassandra + hadoop with hadoop putting mapreduce 
results back into cassandra for a scalable analytics web site (we're currently using 
mongo and we are pretty certain it just won't keep us going that long without 
sharding - which is scary)

seancribbs # lypanov: understood

lypanov # seancribbs: but one big thing stands up on the topic of riak:

seancribbs # either Riak or Cassandra would be a good choice for that

lypanov # i can actually install it without loosing my mind

seancribbs # glad to hear it!

lypanov # i haven't tried yet :P but it sure looks like i can.

seancribbs # Well, also you can get paid support from either solution

which is a win, if you're in that position

lypanov # brew riak vs holy crap help with cassandra for a 1 machine cluster

seancribbs # we like to make it easy to develop against :)

lypanov # seancribbs: *nod* if we need to scale fast we'll certainly be in touch. ;)

seancribbs # sure, even if you just want to do a time-limited trial, our 
team is amenable to that

lypanov # are there any random benchmarks floating about on semi large clusters and write speed?

seancribbs # we've had people do awesome stuff without getting a subscription, though 
— just using the open-source

lypanov # seancribbs: startup so zero budget at this point alas. (i prefer slow growth model).

seancribbs # gotcha

lypanov # if we get any publicity you'd be the first guys we call though. :D

seancribbs # lypanov: so, one of our customers may be releasing some numbers soon

lypanov # i spent a week or two on #cassandra but 50% of the questions are "i can't get it 
running" which terrifies me.

seancribbs # but I wouldn't hold your breath

lypanov: well, Erlang is not simple to install in some instances (except on homebrew)
but we provide binary packages which include Erlang for rhel/deb/solaris

lypanov # seancribbs: you had me already at the fact you have chef page on your wiki.

seancribbs # you can thank benblack for the Chef cookbook :D

lypanov # that was the main reason i thought "oh sod it.. maybe its worth it"

seancribbs # he did a rockin' job