On Mar 29, 2010, at 11:31 AM, Matthew Stump wrote: > Am I crazy to want to switch our server's primary data store from postgres to > cassandra? This is a system used by banks and governments to store crypto > keys which absolutely can not be lost.
You might be crazy. PostgreSQL has all sorts of ACLs and other features for locking down various portions of the system. Cassandra has none of that, that I'm aware of. That being said, if you're looking for fault-tolerance across data centers Cassandra is probably a better option. Just make sure you're writing and reading with the highest consistency level possible. Finally, you have a really rad last name. I approve. --Joe
