How do I decide which database to use?

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Choosing the Right Database How much data do you expect to store when the application is mature? How many users do you expect to handle simultaneously at peak load? What availability, scalability, latency, throughput, and data consistency does your application need? How often will your database schemas change?

How will you decide the type of database required for a project?

Understand the data structure(s) you require, the amount of data you need to store/retrieve, and the speed/scaling requirements. Model your data to determine if a relational, document, columnar, key/value, or graph database is most appropriate for your data.

What database should a beginner use?

SQLite is the easiest database for beginners to learn. It is a powerful relational database management system (RDBMS) with a light and easy design. It is also the simplest database, that is perfect for practicing joins and simple queries.

Which database should I use in 2021?

We have shown 7 databases to use in 2021. Apart from these 7 databases other databases that are going to be used a lot in industries are Elasticsearch, Cassandra, MariaDB, and Firebase. MySQL and PostgreSQL are the leaders from the open-source and free database.

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