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Databases

Posted by Fahad Ahmad
Fahad Ahmad
280 Points

Use cases for SQL vs NoSQL dbs?

Does anyone have some basic resources as to when to use which?

1 Answer

Evan Demaris
Evan Demaris
64,262 Points

NoSQL is going to be better for changing data needs/structures or high throughput, and is generally better if your project will pull individual objects out at a time.

SQL is ACID compliant, but requires a pretty rigid data structure; if your project has a lot of data that can be smoothly stored in tables, and you will be querying a lot (1k+) of records per request, SQL is probably a better bet.

In terms of resources, you could check out this link which will provide a fair amount of information on both; if the project is really important, you can always try using one then the other to see what suits your needs most elegantly.

Hope that helps!