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Apache Cassandra vs MariaDB

A side-by-side look at Apache Cassandra and MariaDB. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Apache Cassandra

Apache Cassandra

Databases

Apache Cassandra is a free, open-source, distributed NoSQL database management system designed to handle large amounts of data across many commodity servers, providing high availability with no single point of failure.

distributedscalablehigh-availabilityfault-tolerantwide-column-store
MariaDB

MariaDB

Databases

MariaDB is an open source relational database management system, created as a drop-in replacement for MySQL. It is developed by some of the original developers of MySQL and aims to remain free and open source software under the GNU GPL.

opensourcedropin-replacementmysqlgnu-gpl