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I don't think the primary drive or hype behind NoSQL is performance. I think it is that SQL has become some sort of norm for data persistance, when in many case

by tjogin 17y ago

I don't think the primary drive or hype behind NoSQL is performance. I think it is that SQL has become some sort of norm for data persistance, when in many cases a SQL database isn't necessary, or even optimal.

dmerr 17y ago
Right: there are multiple possible benefits of "NOSQL" (nonrelational): (1) scalability; (2) better performance, and (3) easier coding and development especially with agile development methodologies. With certain of these products, notably the document-oriented stores (MongoDB&CouchDB), development is more natural as object<->relational mapping goes away. That is a nice benefit even for the smallest of projects.
- tjogin 17y ago
  Absolutely, it feels like you're just working with hashes and arrays, as opposed to SQL-tables masquerading as such.