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> There’s a reason pretty much any real tech company doesn’t use nosql except in very clear explicit cases. That is such a bold claim that is obviously not tru

> There’s a reason pretty much any real tech company doesn’t use nosql except in very clear explicit cases. That is such a bold claim that is obviously not true.

ramraj07 5y ago
Can you give a single example of a major tech company using nosql as its primary db for any application?
- deleted 5y ago
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- jd_mongodb 5y ago
  MongoDB hss 26500 customers worldwide (and we are one NoSQL vendor). These customers include: Bosch : https://www.mongodb.com/customers/bosch https://www.mongodb.com/customers/bosch HSBC : https://diginomica.com/hsbc-moves-65-relational-databases-one-global-mongodb-database https://diginomica.com/hsbc-moves-65-relational-databases-on... SEGA Hardlight : https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/sega-hardlight-migrates-to-mongodb-atlas-simplify-ops-improve-experience-mobile-gamers https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/sega-hardlight-migrates-to... HMRC : https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/mongodb-microservices-help-hm-revenue-and-customs-cut-wait-times-in-half-and-save-gbp8-2m-in-operational-costs https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/mongodb-microservices-help... DWP : https://www.mongodb.com/customers/department-for-work-and-pensions https://www.mongodb.com/customers/department-for-work-and-pe... Liberty Mutual : https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/liberty-mutual-iac-mongodb-atlas https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/liberty-mutual-iac-mongodb... MetLife : https://gigaom.com/2013/05/07/with-300m-earmarked-for-tech-innovation-metlife-wants-to-remake-insurance/ https://gigaom.com/2013/05/07/with-300m-earmarked-for-tech-i... There is a more complete list here : https://www.mongodb.com/who-uses-mongodb https://www.mongodb.com/who-uses-mongodb That list is limited is just the customers that are willing to be public references. Every mature NoSQL vendor has a similar list.
- Scarbutt 5y ago
  stripe
- jpdb 5y ago
  Pretty much all of AWS and Amazon runs on Dynamodb. Google has Firestore as one of their approved databases for internal use. Those are ones I have first hand experience with. I know from friends that Microsoft runs things on Cosmos. Netflix is pretty invested in Cassandra.

> There’s a reason pretty much any real tech company doesn’t use nosql except in very clear explicit cases. That is such a bold claim that is obviously not true.

ramraj07 5y ago

Can you give a single example of a major tech company using nosql as its primary db for any application?

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jd_mongodb 5y ago
MongoDB hss 26500 customers worldwide (and we are one NoSQL vendor). These customers include: Bosch : https://www.mongodb.com/customers/bosch https://www.mongodb.com/customers/bosch HSBC : https://diginomica.com/hsbc-moves-65-relational-databases-one-global-mongodb-database https://diginomica.com/hsbc-moves-65-relational-databases-on... SEGA Hardlight : https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/sega-hardlight-migrates-to-mongodb-atlas-simplify-ops-improve-experience-mobile-gamers https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/sega-hardlight-migrates-to... HMRC : https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/mongodb-microservices-help-hm-revenue-and-customs-cut-wait-times-in-half-and-save-gbp8-2m-in-operational-costs https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/mongodb-microservices-help... DWP : https://www.mongodb.com/customers/department-for-work-and-pensions https://www.mongodb.com/customers/department-for-work-and-pe... Liberty Mutual : https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/liberty-mutual-iac-mongodb-atlas https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/liberty-mutual-iac-mongodb... MetLife : https://gigaom.com/2013/05/07/with-300m-earmarked-for-tech-innovation-metlife-wants-to-remake-insurance/ https://gigaom.com/2013/05/07/with-300m-earmarked-for-tech-i... There is a more complete list here : https://www.mongodb.com/who-uses-mongodb https://www.mongodb.com/who-uses-mongodb That list is limited is just the customers that are willing to be public references. Every mature NoSQL vendor has a similar list.
Scarbutt 5y ago
stripe
jpdb 5y ago
Pretty much all of AWS and Amazon runs on Dynamodb. Google has Firestore as one of their approved databases for internal use. Those are ones I have first hand experience with. I know from friends that Microsoft runs things on Cosmos. Netflix is pretty invested in Cassandra.