Hi I'm creating an networking site using cassandra. I am wanting to host this application but initially with the lowest possible resources & then slowly increasing the resources as per the service's demand & need.
*1. *I am wandering *what is the minimum recommended cluster size to start with*? Are there any issues if I start with as little as 2 nodes in the cluster? In that case I guess would have replication factor of 2. (this way I would require at min. 3 vps, 1 as web server & the 2 for cassandra cluster, right?) *2.* Anyone using cassandra with such minimal resources in production environments ? Any experiences or difficulties encountered ? *3.* In case, you would like to recommend some hosting service suitable for me ? or if you would like to suggest some other ways to minimize the resources (actually the hosting expenses).
