title: MongoDB vs. Cassandra
body: <p>I am evaluating what might be the best migration option.</p>
  
  <p>Currently, I am on a sharded MySQL (horizontal partition), with most of my data stored in JSON blobs. I do not have any complex SQL queries (already migrated away after since I partitioned my db).</p>
  
  <p>Right now, it seems like both MongoDB and Cassandra would be likely options. My situation:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Lots of reads in every query, less regular writes</li>
  <li>Not worried about "massive" scalability</li>
  <li>More concerned about simple setup, maintenance and code</li>
  <li>Minimize hardware/server cost</li>
  </ul>