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Is NoSQL right for you?

Is NoSQL right for you? - NoSQL Tutorial

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Is NoSQL right for you?

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- [Instructor] Let's take a look to see if NoSQL is right for you and your project. So recall CAP theorem from chapter one. It states out of consistency, availability, and partition tolerance, we can only have two out of the three in any given scenario. We looked at how relational databases focused heavily on consistency and NoSQL databases focus more on availability and partition tolerance. So knowing we can only pick two out of the three, we're essentially choosing between what are called acid, or relational databases, and base, or NoSQL databases. Consistency and isolation shown here on the left from acid databases are forgone in base databases in order to make room for performance and overall basic availability. As a rule of thumb, you'll choose between different relational and NoSQL solutions based on some fundamental qualities that your specific project requires. Overall, acid, or relational databases, are very…

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