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Difference between RDBMS and MongoDB

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What is a Database?

A database is the collection of structured data or information stored in a computer system that can be accessed easily. The database is managed by database management systems (DBMS).

NoSQL database is a nonrelational database that stores data in non-tabular form. NoSQL stands for not only SQL

What is MongoDB?

MongoDB is a document-oriented NoSQL database system with high scalability flexibility and performance. MongoDB stores data in a JSON-like document structure, unlike other standard relational database systems.

Database:

  • A database is a container for collections

  • Each database gets its own set of files

Collection:

  • A collection is a group of documents

  • The collection is more like tables in RDBMS

  • A collection can have different fields within a document.

Difference between RDBMS and MongoDB

MongoDB: MongoDB is an open-source document-oriented database used for high-volume data storage. It is a NoSQL database, but unlike the NoSQL tool, it doesn’t utilize the usual rows and columns. MongoDB uses BSON (document storage format), which is a binary style of JSON documents.

Features of MongoDB:

  • Multiple Servers: It can run over multiple servers.

  • Schema-less Database: It is a schema-less database.

  • Indexing: Any field in the document can be indexed.

  • Rich Object Model: It supports a rich object model.

  • High scalability

  • Distributed database

RDBMS: It stands for Relational Database Management System. It stores data in the form of related tables.

Features of RDBMS:

  • Gives a high level of information security.

  • It is quick and precise.

  • Provides facility primary key, to exceptionally distinguish the rows.

  • Schema-fix Database

  • Not scalable

The trade-off between RDBMS and MongoDB: