What makes Cassandra (and NoSQL in general) a better solution to an RDBMS?

Question

Well, NoSQL is a buzzword right now so I\'ve been looking into it. I\'m yet to get my head around ColumnFamilies and SuperColumns, etc... But I have been looking at how the data

Answer 1

Answer is easy. If you need data storage - use NoSQL, if you need more features then just storing data - use RDBMS.