Understanding the Benefits of NoSQL Databases

NoSQL technology is a unique type of database that does not use tables and relations. This type of database is commonly used to store unstructured or semi-structured data as key-value pairs, broad columns, graphs, or documents without relations, named non-relational databases. There is a significant market demand for databases designed to store these simple data types and files (e.g., JSON files) with minimum overhead. The advantages of NoSQL databases are a simple design, horizontal scale, control over availability, and the avoidance of relational schema overhead and limitations.

Many NoSQL databases also have a limitation that relational databases do not have. The use of specific query languages in NoSQL storage raises the learning curve for the developers who have to maintain the data. In addition, the inability to do ad hoc joins between tables leads to data being stored in a single database. The lack of defined interfaces makes...