NoSQL databases

Lahiru Kariyawasam
2 min readMar 16, 2022

What is NoSQL?

There are a lot of complicated terms and acronyms within the Big Data umbrella. The NoSQL database is one of them, and it’s garnering a lot of attention. The Not Only SQL or NoSQL database is a method of data management and database architecture that can be useful for large amounts of dispersed data.

It comprises a collection of architectures and technologies aimed at addressing big data performance and scalability concerns that relational databases are unable to handle. When businesses and organizations want access to and analysis of massive volumes of unstructured data or data stored on several cloud-based virtual servers, this database is used.

The benefits of NoSQL :

· Exceptional scalability

· Computing on a Large Scale

· Cost-effective

· Flexibility in the schema

· Data that is unstructured or semi-structured

· There are no complicated connections.

The Ascension of NoSQL :

Among all of the corporate technologies available, businesses place the greatest emphasis on their selected databases. Nobody wants to pull data out of a certain database after it has been entered. It usually involves a significant financial investment, with the dangers always outweighing the advantages.

As a result, diving into social media, jobs, and numerous other figures that point to the ever-increasing interest in NoSQL databases is incredibly intriguing. It is evident that something is occurring in the database business, and it is mostly fueled by the adoption of Big Data. While traditional databases are unlikely to go out of business very soon, NoSQL has a promising future.

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