Seven Databases in Seven Weeks: A Guide to Modern Databases and the NoSQL Movement (Paperback)

"Redis, Neo4J, CouchDB, MongoDB, HBase,Riak, and Postgres: with each database, youll tackle a real-world data problemthat highlights the concepts and features that make it shine. Youll explorethe five data models employed these databases: relational, key/value,columnar, document, and graph. See which kinds of problems are best suited toeach, and when to use them. line-height: 11.25pt;"Youll learn how MongoDB and CouchDB arestrikingly different, and discover the Dynamo heritage at the heart of Riak.Make your applications faster with Redis and more connected with Neo4J. UseMapReduce to solve Big Data problems. Build clusters of servers using scalableservices like Amazons Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). line-height: 11.25pt;"Understand the tradeoffs betweenconsistency and availability, and when you can use them to your advantage. Usemultiple databases in concert to create a platform thats more than the sum ofits parts, or find one that meets all your needs at once. line-height: 11.25pt;"