NoSQL databases are often compared by various non-functional criteria, such as scalability, performance, and consistency. This aspect of NoSQL is well-studied both in practice and theory because specific non-functional properties are often the main justification for NoSQL usage and fundamental results on distributed systems like the CAP theorem apply well to NoSQL systems. At the same time, NoS...

NoSQL database, also called Not Only SQL, is an approach to data management and database design that's useful for very large sets of distributed data. The growing popularity of big data will compel many companies to use NoSQL databases instead of traditional database. Generally, there are three main types of NoSQL databases: key-value stores, column oriented databases and document based stores....

With the emergence of Big Data, the use of NoSQL (Not only SQL) has increased among internet companies and other enterprises. Benefits include horizontal scaling, finer control over availability and simplicity of design. NoSQL databases are considered as an alternative to relational databases, as its schema less data model is considered to be better for handling the large volumes of structured ...

It is important to be aware that there are no standards in the NoSQL database technology space at this time. Each NoSQL product is implemented differently, sometimes very differently, often attempting to address different kinds of data management requirements and priorities. All of the NoSQL databases share certain characteristics, such as automatically sharded/partitioned data, horizontal data...

To store, update and retrieve data from database management systems (DBMS), software architects use tools, like call-level interfaces (CLI), which provide standard functionalities to interact with DBMS. However, the emerging of NoSQL paradigm, and particularly new NoSQL DBMS providers, lead to situations where some of the standard functionalities provided by CLI are not supported, very often du...

NoSQL databases have emerged as the solution to handle large quantities of user-generated contents still guaranteeing fault tolerance, availability and scalability. Each NoSQL database offers differentiated properties and characteristics as well as different data models and architectures. As a result, the development of applications exploiting such kind of technology is strictly dependent on th...