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ScyllaDB in 2026: C++ Seastar Share-Nothing Architecture & Sub-Millisecond Point Lookups

An authoritative distributed database systems benchmark between ScyllaDB and Apache Cassandra. We evaluate the Seastar share-nothing C++ engine, Raft metadata consensus, Alternator DynamoDB compatibility, and sub-millisecond p99 write latency.

Sachin Sharma
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Sep 2, 2026
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ScyllaDB in 2026: C++ Seastar Share-Nothing Architecture & Sub-Millisecond Point Lookups
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An authoritative distributed database systems benchmark between ScyllaDB and Apache Cassandra. We evaluate the Seastar share-nothing C++ engine, Raft metadata consensus, Alternator DynamoDB compatibility, and sub-millisecond p99 write latency.

Sachin Sharma

Sachin Sharma

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