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Re:Benchmark results: Cassandra 4.0, 3.11, Scylla 4.4 [video] by hiyer on Monday September 27, 2021 @12:24PM (#28672690)
> Why is it faster? Is it algorithmic, or some neat trick, or just a much more efficient implementation?

Scylla is written in C++ (versus Java for Cassandra) and uses the high-performance Seastar[0] framework.

> And are they closely equivalent? Would you use one or the other for the same thing, or do they make different CAP promises?

Scylla claims to be a drop-in replacement for Cassandra.

0. http://seastar.io/

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Re:Benchmark results: Cassandra 4.0, 3.11, Scylla 4.4 [video] by nivertech on Monday September 27, 2021 @12:48PM (#28673034)
BTW, there is a word play here:

seastar -> sea star -> C* -> Cassandra ;)

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