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allen_ # Very general question, why Dynamo design instead of BigTable?

seancribbs # allen_: not sure it's an either-or question
e.g. Cassandra has BigTable data model and Dynamo distribution

allen_ # I read Dynamo paper, but not BigTable. I visited HyperTable site,
 and they claim it is faster.

seancribbs # Hypertable is built on top of Hadoop, IIRC

allen_ # oh,, BigTable requires data distribution model ?

seancribbs # If you want the original "why" for Riak, justinsheehy 
would be the person to ask (but he's pretty busy today)

allen_ # oh.. u r saying all big table required file distribution system, 
i.e GFS, hadoop whatever

seancribbs # mmm well I'm not the one to ask about BigTable, really. 
I have only skimmed the paper

allen_ # I m doing research for our server-side cookie data storage, 
like Riak, but doing more research. Thanks seancribbs, i will look into more