17.3 NoSQL and NewSQL Big-Data Databases: A Brief Tour
For decades, relational database management systems have been the standard in data processing. However, they require structured data that fits into neat rectangular tables. As the size of the data and the number of tables and relationships increases, relational databases become more difficult to manipulate efficiently. In today’s big-data world, NoSQL and NewSQL databases have emerged to deal with the kinds of data storage and processing demands that traditional relational databases cannot meet. Big data requires massive databases, often spread across data centers worldwide in huge clusters of commodity computers. According to statista.com, there are currently over 8 million data centers ...
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