Is Using Python to MapReduce for Cassandra Dumb?
- by UltimateBrent
Since Cassandra doesn't have MapReduce built in yet (I think it's coming in 0.7), is it dumb to try and MapReduce with my Python client or should I just use CouchDB or Mongo or something?
The application is stats collection, so I need to be able to sum values with grouping to increment counters. I'm not, but pretend I'm making Google analytics so I want to keep track of which browsers appear, which pages they went to, and visits vs. pageviews.
I would just atomically update my counters on write, but Cassandra isn't very good at counters either.
May Cassandra just isn't the right choice for this?
Thanks!