BASE describes database processing germane to a NoSQL database, such as a data lake. An increasing number of data volumes and variability, according to DAMA DMBoK, spurred the BASE philosophy. Its popularity rose in 2008. BASE provides less assurance than ACID, but it scales very well and reacts well to rapid data changes. BASE construction […]
A Brief History of Non-Relational Databases
First came relational databases, which provide a useful comparison for understanding non-relational databases. Invented by Edgar F. Codd in 1970, the relational database arranges data into different rows and columns by associating a specific key for each row. Almost all relational database systems use Structured Query Language (SQL) and are remarkably complex. They are traditionally […]
How to Choose the Right NoSQL Database
This is the second part of an ongoing series on NoSQL Databases, the first part was NoSQL Data Architecture & Data Governance: Everything You Need to Know. In that first part, I explained different NoSQL Database types and provided a few use cases suitable for each type. But that is not sufficient when you are […]
A Review of Different Database Types: Relational versus Non-Relational
Relational databases are also called Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) or SQL databases. Historically, the most popular of these have been Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle Database, MySQL, and IBM DB2. The RDBMS’s are used mostly in large enterprise scenarios, with the exception of MySQL, which is also used to store data for Web applications. All […]