* The webheads also have a shared ZooKeeper or memcached install, which they use to serialize operations on a per-user basis
* Cassandra is periodically snapshotted into S3 for extra durability.
'''Pros''': Easy management and scalability. Very friendly to write-heavy workloads.
'''Cons''': Unknown and untrusted. Harder to hire expertise. Eventual consistency scares me.
=== Hibernation Cluster ===