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Jul 03, 20251 min read

SQL

  • Relational Database

NoSQL

  • Key-Value Store Database
  • Document Database
  • Wide Column Store Database
  • Graph Database

Example Use Cases for NoSQL

  • Frequently accessed data
  • Temporary data, e.g., online shopping carts
  • High volume of data ingestion such as log data
  • Data sets used to look up other datasets (metadata/lookup datasets)

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  • Example Use Cases for NoSQL

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