The standard setup nowadays is something like this: http://bit.ly/2MFAAt9 http://bit.ly/2MFAAt9. You can use different technologies based on your use case, but

The standard setup nowadays is something like this: http://bit.ly/2MFAAt9 http://bit.ly/2MFAAt9. You can use different technologies based on your use case, but you probably need all the pieces outlined above. As someone else has mentioned, if you're looking for trade-offs between different technologies, I'd recommend "Designing Data-Intensive Applications" by Kleppmann.