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10-09-10, 10:50

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anyone knows what database is used on Facebook.com website to manage such number of users' data?

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10-09-10, 15:54

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i believe they use cassandra

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Cassandra runs the Facebook Inbox, but as of their recent melt-down I'm pretty sure that the bulk of Facebook is back on MySQL.

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