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No, it's not ready to replace SQL, and I don't think it ever will. What are your requirements? If it's horizontal scalability (and you're actually hitting a per
by randliu 17y ago
No, it's not ready to replace SQL, and I don't think it ever will. What are your requirements? If it's horizontal scalability (and you're actually hitting a performance wall) you should begin to think about it. Maybe also if you never do any joins.
Relational database systems (+ normalization) compromise everything to ensure the ACID properties, which for the majority of cases, is the most important part.
- richcollins 17y agoHow is the relational model inherently better for ACID than non-relational models (graph dbs for instance)?
- randliu 17y ago>database systems