Features and UseCases of MongoDB NoSQL DB
In Last Post "Overview on MongoDB" we have discussed about the MongoDB. Now in this post we will discuss about the features and Use cases in Real World. Main features The following is a brief summary of some of the main features: Ad hoc queries MongoDB supports search by field, range queries, regular expression searches. Queries can return specific fields of documents and also include user-defined JavaScript functions. Indexing Any field in a MongoDB document can be indexed (indices in MongoDB are conceptually similar to those in RDBMSes). Secondary indices are also available. Replication MongoDB supports master-slave replication . A master can perform reads and writes. A slave copies data from the master and can only be used for reads or backup (not writes). The slaves have the ability to select a new master if the current one goes down. Load balancing MongoDB scales horizontally using sharding The ...