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I am developing an application which doesn’t have large requirements for data storage. I am instructed not to use RDBMS tables if possible. Can I use MongoDb for this? What are the main advantages and disadvantages of it?
MongoDB is a “Document Oriented Database“, which stores data in JSON format. It is a handy tool for smaller database requirements. MongoDB supports complex operations like join, indexing much easily and efficently as compared to traditional RDBMSs.
However for larger and complex systems its use is still a matter of discussion. You ll get a good insight of MOngoDB here….
A good comparison between RDBMS and MongoDB is given here