Does microservices use different database?

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It means that we can use different database technologies for different microservices. So one service may use an SQL database and another one a NoSQL database. That's feature allows using the most efficient database depending on the service requirements and functionality. 31 мар. 2022 г.

Should microservices have separate databases?

Each microservice should have its own database and should contain data relevant to that microservice itself. This will allow you to deploy individual services independently. Individual teams can now own the databases for the corresponding microservice.

Which database is best for microservices?

In fact, moving off of the (usually costly) enterprise relational database is one of the benefits often promoted for refactoring to microservices. Now, there are very good reasons to pick other types of databases—either NewSQL or NoSQL for many microservices.

Why microservices have their own database?

It would allow you to pick the database technology which fits your Business requirement best in order to get the best performance or usage of it. For example some specific micro-service might have some Read-heavy operations with very complex filter options and a full text search requirement.

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