Data Persistence and NoSQL Database Integration with Spring Data
SQL and NoSQL databases offer a flexible and scalable approach to data storage and retrieval that can be better suited to certain use cases compared to traditional relational databases. NoSQL databases are designed for horizontal scale-out, flexibility, performance, high availability, and global distribution. However, with this, you lose the consistency, ACID compliance, and expressiveness of a full SQL implementation that a relational database can provide.
It’s important to note that NoSQL databases are not a one-size-fits-all solution, and their suitability depends on the requirements of your application. In some cases, a combination of SQL and NoSQL databases might be the best approach to meet different data storage and retrieval needs within an organization.
In this chapter, we will use some of the most popular NoSQL databases. Each of them has a different approach to data access, but Spring Boot facilitates...