A quick follow-up
Remember, in the last chapter, when we discussed the different database categories and decided to defer discussing examples of each of those categories to the following chapter? Let’s address that here! So, now that you know what cloud computing is and the role it plays in handling data and applications, we should be able to look at cloud database examples for each type:
- Relational database:
- Online Transaction Processing (OLTP): Spanner, Cloud SQL, and Alloy DB
- Online Analytical Processing (OLAP): BigQuery
- NoSQL database:
- Document database: Firestore
- Key-value database: Memorystore
- Wide-column database: Bigtable
- Graph database: JanusGraph
We will discuss some of these databases in detail with real-world use cases, hands-on exercises, and design practices in the upcoming chapters of this book.