Presentation: NoSQL @ CodeMash - An Interesting NoSQL Categorization
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Feb 18th, 2010 11:17
A generic intro to NoSQL by Ben Scofield.
The slides go quickly (as it’s normal for an intro presentation) through probably the most representative NoSQL solutions: Redis, Tokyo Cabinet, Cassandra, CouchDB, MongoDB, Riak, Neo4j.
What I have found more interesting is the following categorization:
| Performance | Scalability | Flexibility | Complexity | Functionality | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Key-Value stores | high | high | high | none | variable (none) |
| Column stores | high | high | moderate | low | minimal |
| Document stores | high | variable (high) | high | low | variable (low) |
| Graph databases | variable | variable | high | high | graph theory |
| Relational databases | variable | variable | low | moderate | relational algebra |
Another way to look at the above categorization is in this slide from the (awesome) presentation on graphs and Neo4j by Emil Eifrem
