In this lesson, you will learn about NoSQL data stores, which are new data storage techniques that are not only SQL. These new storage techniques can provide improved performance for specific types of data that do not necessarily fit in the relational database table format such as documents or dictionary structures.
###Objectives ### By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
- Understand the NoSQL concept and specific storage concepts.
- Understand the basic concepts behind the document oriented MongoDB.
- Understand the basic concepts behind the key-value/column-oriented datastore Apache Cassandra
Approximately 2 hours.
- Wikipedia article on NoSQL databases
- MongoDB Whitepaper, available for download
- Apache Cassandra guide
- Understanding HBase
When you have completed and worked through the above readings, please take the Week 11 Lesson 3 Assessment.