RavenDB vs MSSQL: Which to Choose?
Daniel Lang:
The question which database to choose obviously depend on your concrete scenario, the skills of your team, your environment (existing licenses), etc. but here is what I think could help you:
We choose RavenDB when…
- we can think of our data in terms of aggregates with mostly independent chunks of data (e.g. customer, order, product, etc.)
- we need to have good performance on aggregation and calculation queries
- we need to have complex searching (full-text, facets, etc.)
- we need to be able to scale
- we need high availability at low costs
We choose SQL Server when…
- when we need to support user generated reports and highly dynamical data analysis
- we have to deal with mostly relation data (e.g. accounting, statistics)
- we want to use Windows Azure
- our customer definitely wants us to choose sql server without knowing better
My additional 2 cents:
- the easy part: don’t choose one or another based on feature lists. Feature lists should be used only in apples-to-apples comparisons.
- the more complicated part: don’t use a relational database just because you’ve always used one. Don’t use a NoSQL database just because it’s the shiny new toy you need on your portfolio/resumé. Don’t use both just because it might be fun.
Original title and link: RavenDB vs MSSQL: Which to Choose? (©myNoSQL)
