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ScyllaDB
High-performance NoSQL database compatible with Apache Cassandra, written in C++
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Scalability
very high
Performance
very high
Learning Curve
steep
Maturity
stable
Languages: C++
Architecture: distributed, wide-column, nosql
When to Use
- +Need Cassandra but faster
- +High write throughput
- +Low latency required
When Not to Use
- -Simple use cases
- -Small datasets
- -ACID requirements
Strengths
- 10x Cassandra performance
- Cassandra compatible
- Low latency
- Auto-tuning
Weaknesses
- Complex operations
- Learning curve
- Smaller community
Operations
Maintenance
medium
Monitoring
medium
Backup/Recovery
moderate
Hosting: self-hosted, cloud, managed
Quick Facts
- Category
- Database
- License
- open source
- Pricing
- freemium (free tier)
- Community
- medium
- Docs Quality
- good
- Trend
- growing
- Vendor Lock-in
- low
- Data Portability
- moderate
Compliance
GDPR
HIPAA
SOC 2
PCI-DSS
Encryption
Audit Logs
RBAC
MFA
Best For
mediumlargeenterprise
Use Cases
- High-throughput workloads
- Time-series
- IoT
- Real-time applications
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