Couchbase is a prominent NoSQL database that, along with MongoDB, explicitly targets Big Data applications. Although based on technology from the Apache CouchDB document store project, Couchbase ...

This post is one of a series that introduces the fundamentals of NOSQL databases, and their role in Big Data Analytics. What is a document store database? Document stores accommodate data that has a ...

While relational databases rely on rigid structures, document databases are much more natural to work with and can be used for a variety of use cases across industries. A document database (also known ...

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It’s possible to hook into document store events to monitor (and even modify) behavior. There are a number of document store events that can be monitored: Before changes are issued to the database ...

Relational databases store information in strictly regulated tables and columns. MongoDB is a document store, which stores information in collections and documents. The primary difference here is that ...