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NoSQL For Dummies
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NoSQL For Dummies

by Adam Fowler
February 2015
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
456 pages
10h 3m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 5

Key-Value Stores in the Enterprise

In This Chapter

arrow Ensuring you have enough space for your data

arrow Achieving faster time to value in implementations

Key-value stores are all about fast storage and retrieval. If you need a key-value store, then by definition you need to scale out — massively — and ensure maximum performance of your database. This high speed comes at the cost of more-advanced database features — features that would add to each request’s processing time.

Being designed for high speed means that key-value stores have a straightforward architecture that allows you to quickly create applications. Knowing some easy approaches can greatly reduce the time you spend deploying them. For large-scale enterprise systems these features are a must.

In this chapter, I cover how to ensure that not only is your key-value store fast, but that you can achieve productivity (and cost savings) quicker. I also mention how to do this while being frugal with resources, such as disk space.

Scaling

Scaling is important to ensure that as your application and business grows, you can handle the new users and data that come online. Some aspects of scaling are difficult to pull off at the same time — for example, the ability to handle high-speed data ingestion while simultaneously maximizing ...

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ISBN: 9781118905746