Choosing MongoDB
pros
- it’s super fast (it depends on the case – but for ours it is about 5 times faster than a SQL database)
- it’s extremely scalable – up to petabytes with little effort (we don’t need the space for a petabyte, but 10 terrabytes)
- it has got a very good replication mechanism (replica sets)
- it has got a easy to use Java API
- the storage format is JSON, which is very easy to handle in Java as well as in Java Script
- it’s easy in operations – you don’t have to sit an admin next to it
- is has got a very active community (I had bug fixes in less than 20 minutes!!! Thanks Elliot! :)
- they have a clear release cycle
- the company behind MongoDB (10gen) got fresh money for the next years
cons
- none of us has ever used a NoSQL database
- the project is relatively young
- you don’t have the relational integrity
Not much to object to, but I’m wondering about two of the pros: scalability and easy operations. How have they reached those conclusions?
Original title and link: Choosing MongoDB (NoSQL databases © myNoSQL)
