NoSQL for high performance modern applications

NoSQL stands for Not Only SQL, to highlights these systems are non-relational databases that can handle non-tabular data models means structured, semi-structured and unstructured data while still supporting SQL-like query languages. It is a category of databases designed to handle large volumes of data. Unlike traditional relational databases (RDBMS), NoSQL databases provide high performance, flexible schemas and horizontal scalability for new-age applications.

List of popular NoSQL databases

• MongoDB (Document Database)
• Redis (Key-Value Database)
• Amazon DynamoDB (Key-Value/Document Database)
• Apache HBase (Wide-Column Database)
• Cassandra (Wide-Column Database)
• Neo4j (Graph Database)
• Couchbase (Document Database)