Chapter 17
Document Database Products
In This Chapter
Replacing memcache
Providing a familiar developer experience
Delivering an end-to-end document platform
Creating a web application back end
If you’ve decided that a document-orientated, schema-free, tree-structured approach is for you, then you have several choices because many great and varied document NoSQL databases are available. But the question, of course, is which one to use?
Perhaps your organization requires the ability to scale out for high-speed writes. Maybe, instead, you have only a few documents with high-value data. Perhaps you’re looking for a relational database that your developers are familiar with.
Because the fundamental designs of databases differ, there’s no one-size-fits-all approach. These designs are neither wrong nor right; they’re just different because each database is designed for a different use. They become “wrong” only if they’re applied to the wrong type of problem.
In this chapter, I explain how to make the choice that best suits your needs.
Providing a Memcache Replacement
Memcache is an ...
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