ScyllaDB
ScyllaDB is a source-available distributed NoSQL wide-column data store. It was designed to be compatible with Apache Cassandra while achieving significantly higher throughputs and lower latencies. It supports the same protocols as Cassandra (CQL) and the same file formats (SSTable), but is a…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 2014
- Category
- database
- Problem solved
- Apache Cassandra, while highly scalable and available, suffered from performance inconsistencies, high latency spikes due to Java Virtual Machine (JVM) garbage collection pauses, and inefficient resource utilization. ScyllaDB was created to address these issues by providing a database with Cassandra's API compatibility (CQL and Thrift) but engineered in C++ for predictable low latencies and higher throughput, making it suitable for demanding real-time applications.
- Platforms
- Cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure), linux, Docker, web, Linux, Kubernetes
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