[jmccarthy]

Clustrix is legit. Running it in production now (on their all-SSD hardware, not the new AWS version) across two physical sites. Functionality is sufficient, performance is admirable, support is top shelf.

Their bet was contrarian: embracing SQL -- specifically MySQL wire & dialect compatibility -- at a time when the open source options were trending toward NoSQL.

For funded start-ups with a calculable data-to-revenue ratio, Clustrix buys you the option for arbitrary future expansion while retaining the functional benefits of the RDBMS stack.

Once your product succeeds to a level where daily operational reporting is necessary, you'll appreciate the ubiquity of SQL: analysts and off-the-shelf tools all speak SQL without the overhead of glue code, data staging, or ETL.