I have a reasonable understanding of relational databases. I am not so sure about NoSQL databases. Though I have used mongodb in the past.
Can someone point me to resources to get a deeper understanding? How do I go about learning the trade-offs of choosing say a document store over a key value store. Also CAP theorem and related trade-offs. When is NoSQL better suited than relational etc.
Ask HN: How do I get a better understanding of NoSQL databases
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Re: Ask HN: How do I get a better understanding of NoSQL databases
#2I would recommend Martin Fowler's NoSQL Distilled : http://martinfowler.com/books/nosql.html
Re: Ask HN: How do I get a better understanding of NoSQL databases
#3The Little MongoDB Book might help. It doesn't answer all your questions but it gave me enough background (albeit MongoDB specific) to learn more. It's also a fairy short read. http://openmymind.net/mongodb.pdf
Re: Ask HN: How do I get a better understanding of NoSQL databases
#4I would recommend Martin Fowler's NoSQL Distilled : http://martinfowler.com/books/nosql.html
Thanks. Looks like this is what I am looking for.
Re: Ask HN: How do I get a better understanding of NoSQL databases
#5The Little MongoDB Book might help. It doesn't answer all your questions but it gave me enough background (albeit MongoDB specific) to learn more. It's also a fairy short read. http://openmymind.net/mongodb.pdf
Thanks, will check this out.
Re: Ask HN: How do I get a better understanding of NoSQL databases
#6I can't recommend enough the book Seven Databases in Seven Weeks by Eric Redmond & Jim Wilson. It covers the whole range of different types of databases, with just a little bit of theory (the CAP theorem).
Re: Ask HN: How do I get a better understanding of NoSQL databases
#7I would recommend Martin Fowler's NoSQL Distilled : http://martinfowler.com/books/nosql.html
I also found a great video lecture by Martin Fowler on the topic: http://youtu.be/qI_g07C_Q5I
Re: Ask HN: How do I get a better understanding of NoSQL databases
#8This goes a bit in a different direction, but it should help.
"SQL and NoSQL are two sides of the same coin, mathematically"
Re: Ask HN: How do I get a better understanding of NoSQL databases
#9have a look at mongodb. It has excellent documentation, community support. www.mongodb.org/
Re: Ask HN: How do I get a better understanding of NoSQL databases
#10The Little MongoDB Book might help. It doesn't answer all your questions but it gave me enough background (albeit MongoDB specific) to learn more. It's also a fairy short read. http://openmymind.net/mongodb.pdf
The Little Redis Book [1] might be better. Redis is easier to pick up and probably more useful as it's more complementary to existing database options.