Cassandra and MongoDB are both âNoSQLâ databases, but the reality is that they are very different . They have very different strengths and value propositions â so any comparison has to be a nuanced one. Letâs start with initial requirementsâ¦ Neither of these databases replace RDBMS, nor are they âACIDâ databases.
If your laptop is running on no more than 512MB of RAM with Windows XP or no more than 1GB of RAM with Windows Vista or Windows 7, you should upgrade. You'll notice a significant difference in system performance after upgrading to 2GB with XP or Vista, or to 4GB with Windows 7.
To find out what sort of speed boost a SSD will make to an average laptop, we had the painfully simple idea of putting a SSD (in this case a Crucial M4 512GB SSD) into an 'average laptop' and then recording the performance before and after installation.