How to choose a database management system
The architect’s guide to picking the right database
About the guide
Choosing the right DBMS can be challenging nowadays. There are hundreds of available solutions and we can easily get lost in the maze of marketing materials and biased benchmarks. Trusting the simplistic classifications like SQL vs NoSQL is often misleading as most of the mainstream databases exhibit characteristics and features from both the SQL and NoSQL families, for example.
In this guide, we help you make a considered decision on the DBMS to choose by going through the different criteria you need to assess and help you ask the right questions according to your own needs.
We will cover several areas including:
- Access patterns
- Availability guarantees
- Consistency guarantees
- Response times and throughput and more
So please enjoy our guide and do not hesitate to contact us for more insights.