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Apache Cassandra vs Postgres-XC

A side-by-side look at Apache Cassandra and Postgres-XC. 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
Postgres-XC

Postgres-XC

Databases

Postgres-XC is an open source, shared-nothing clustering extension for PostgreSQL. It provides horizontal scalability across multiple nodes for handling large workloads and high availability through automatic failover.

clusteringscalabilityhigh-availabilityopen-source