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Apache Cassandra vs Microsoft SQL Server

A side-by-side look at Apache Cassandra and Microsoft SQL Server. 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
Microsoft SQL Server

Microsoft SQL Server

Business & Commerce

Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database management system developed by Microsoft. It supports transaction processing, data warehousing, analytics and machine learning. SQL Server runs on Windows and Linux.

databaserelational-databasesqldata-warehousinganalyticsmachine-learning