This us just about exactly right. You have to look at your data, what it means, and how you want it to be able to be used, before you look at how to store it.

This us just about exactly right. You have to look at your data, what it means, and how you want it to be able to be used, before you look at how to store it. In some cases NoSQL makes sense. In others a real solid RDBMS makes sense.