Nowadays, there is so much hype about NoSQL databases, especially in the big data world. People seem to be discussing different aspects of NoSQL and how they can get the most out of it. Different types of questions come to their minds, such as what is it? How it is different from RDBMS? How do I select an appropriate framework and tool while architecting my project?
In this chapter, we will go through NoSQL and answer all of these questions to build a strong foundation. We will then cover the following NoSQL databases from practical aspects, which includes their installation, basic configuration, and most of the operations that we normally perform in a database. We will be mainly discussing the following topics:
- What is NoSQL?
- Benefits of NoSQL
- Comparison of NoSQL and RDBMS
- CAP theorem and ACID properties
- Different data models in NoSQL
- Apache Cassandra
- MongoDB ...
