Any relational database has a typical schema design that shows number of tables and the relationship between these tables. While in MongoDB, there is no concept of relationship.
Advantages of MongoDB over RDBMS
- Schema less − MongoDB is a document database in which one collection holds different documents. Number of fields, content and size of the document can differ from one document to another.
- Indexing- You can index any field in a document.
- MongoDB uses internal memory for storage which enables faster access to the data.
- Structure of a single object is clear.
- MongoDB is easy to scale.
- No complex joins are needed in MongoDB. There is no relationship among data in MongoDB.
- Deep query-ability. MongoDB supports dynamic queries on documents using a document-based query language that's nearly as powerful as SQL.
- Tuning.
- MongoDB is free to use. There is no cost for it.
- Conversion/mapping of application objects to database objects not needed.
- It also supports:
-JSON data model with dynamic schemas
-Auto-sharding for horizontal scalability
-Built in replication for high availability
-Now a day many companies using MongoDB to create new types of applications, improve performance and availability.Why Use MongoDB?
- Document Oriented Storage − Data is stored in the form of JSON style documents.
- Index on any attribute
- Blog and Content Management systems
- Replication and high availability
- Auto-Sharding
- Rich queries
- Fast in-place updates
- Professional support by MongoDB
- If application is a loosely coupled mechanism – means design may change at any point of time.
Where to Use MongoDB?
- Big Data
- Content Management and Delivery
- E-Commerce type of product-based applications
- Mobile and Social Infrastructure
- User Data Management
- Data Hub