NoSQL: Building Scalable Databases

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NoSQL: Building Scalable Databases

Punch: Scalable architecture is important

WIIFY: Learn what scalable databases are and what technology supports them

Promise:

• What are scalable databases
• Why common solutions are not optimal
• Why a different solution (NoSQL) is required

Know:

• What makes a scalable database

  • Distributed databases
  • Why they are useful
  • Why making one is hard

• Why our current solution (SQL) is non-optimal

  • How SQL is built
  • How it affects scalability
  • Why SQL doesn't scale well

• What is NoSQL:

  • What it is
  • What makes it scalable compared to SQL
  • Some benefits of using it

Believe:

It is worth knowing what NoSQL is and how it is used.

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