Chapter 1. Introduction to NoSQL

In this chapter, you will learn about the emerging realm of NoSQL and get introduced to various classifications in the NoSQL domain. We will also understand the position of Redis in the NoSQL domain. We'll cover the following topics:

  • Data in Enterprise
  • NoSQL
  • Use cases for NoSQL

An Internet-enabled world

We live in interesting times; in the last decade, a lot of changes have happened that have changed the way we experience the world of the Internet and the ecosystem around it. In this chapter, we will focus on some of the reasons that led to progress and discuss the developments happening in the world of data storage.

The following figure is a rough sketch of the evolution process that happened in cyberspace, the data ...

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