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NoSQL Databases and Their Use Cases

KDnuggets

Learn about NoSQL Databases and their types like key-value, document, graph and column family with their use cases.

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SQL vs NoSQL: 7 Key Takeaways

KDnuggets

People assume that NoSQL is a counterpart to SQL. Instead, it’s a different type of database designed for use-cases where SQL is not ideal. The differences between the two are many, although some are so crucial that they define both databases at their cores.

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Designing A Non-Relational Database Engine

Data Engineering Podcast

Summary Databases come in a variety of formats for different use cases. The default association with the term "database" is relational engines, but non-relational engines are also used quite widely. Can you describe what constitutes a NoSQL database? changed the landscape for NoSQL engines?

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Key-Value Databases, Explained

KDnuggets

Among the four big NoSQL database types, key-value stores are probably the most popular ones due to their simplicity and fast performance. Let’s further explore how key-value stores work and what are their practical uses.

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Top 6 Cassandra Interview Questions

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction Apache Cassandra is a NoSQL database management system that is open-source and distributed. It is meant to handle massive volumes of data across many commodity servers while maintaining high availability with no single point of failure.

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Introduction to Databases in Data Science

KDnuggets

Understand the relevance of databases in data science. Also learn the fundamentals of relational databases, NoSQL database categories, and more.

Database 146
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Top 5 Interview Questions on Cassandra

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction Cassandra is an Apache-developed free and open-source distributed NoSQL database management system. It manages huge volumes of data across many commodity servers, ensures fault tolerance with the swift transfer of data, and provides high availability with no single point of failure.

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