Comment by rapsey
2 years ago
FoundationDB replaces MySQL/PostgreSQL (if the tradeoffs are acceptable) or Cassandra. It is a reliable distributed store.
Unless you are running Redis only with nothing else, fdb and redis do not play in the same space.
> FoundationDB replaces MySQL/PostgreSQL
Only in terms of transactions across multiple data centers. In every other way vertically scaler sql performs better, especially for your dollar.
Performance is not the only metric. High availability (i.e. no single point of failure) with strong consistency are very important for some.
Is availability not an aspect of performance?
But of course, hence why i referenced multidc transactions.
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> FoundationDB replaces Cassandra
I think they have different use cases: fdb when you want transactions, cassandra when you want throughput.