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DynamoDB vs MongoDB vs Cassandra for Fast Growing Geo-Distributed Apps

Amazon DynamoDB is a popular NoSQL database choice for mid-to-large enterprises. In this post, we look beyond Amazon’s marketing claims to explore how well DynamoDB satisfies the core technical requirements of fast growing geo-distributed apps with low latency reads, a common use case found in today’s enterprises. We examine the development, operational and financial consequences of working around the limitations of DynamoDB when attempting to “force-fit” for this use case.

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Amazon DynamoDB Cassandra MongoDB
July 10, 2018
by Karthik Ranganathan

Overcoming MongoDB Sharding and Replication Limitations with YugaByte DB

A few of our early users have chosen to build their new cloud applications on YugaByte DB even though their current primary datastore is MongoDB. Starting with the v3.4 release in Nov 2016, MongoDB has made improvements in its sharding and replication architecture that has allowed it to be re-classified as a Consistent and Partition-tolerant (CP) database and move away from its Available and Partition-tolerant (AP) origins.

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How It Works How-To MongoDB
March 7, 2018
by Sid Choudhury

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