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Apache Cassandra

Distributed database with high availability and write scale.

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Wide-column NoSQL database with no single point of failure, designed for very high write volume and geographic distribution.

When to use

For large write volumes with high availability across several data centers.

When to avoid

For ad hoc queries, joins and complex transactions.

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