Which database should I use for my app? SQL vs NoSQL databases. What is Polyglot Persistence? What are different types of databases out there? Introduction to CloudBoost : http://www.cloudboost.io Building your first app with CloudBoost.io

1. Nawaz Dhandala
Hacker at CloudBoost.io
nawaz@cloudboost.io
Which database should
I use for my app?
…and Introduction to CloudBoost.io
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2. Agenda
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• Different types of databases
• Which database is right for my app?.
• Why use CloudBoost.io?
• Getting started with CloudBoost.
• Building your first web app.
• Using Data-storage, and real-time.

3. Different types of databases.
There are quite a few types of NoSQL databases out there.
Some of them are :
• Relational Database. For ex : MySQL
• Document Databases. For ex : MongoDB, CouchDB
• Graph Databases. For ex : Neo4j
• Search Databases. For ex : ElasticSearch
• Column Oriented. For ex : Cassandra
• Distributed Cache. For ex : Redis
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4. Relational Databases
Pros :
• Transaction support and ACID
• Simple queries to retrieve the data.
Cons:
• Scalability is difficult.
• Little support for complex objects video, images,
Geospatial and more.
Examples : MySQL cloudboost

5. Document Databases
Pros :
• Simple JSON Document Storage
• Extremely scalable – Can scale out very well.
Cons:
• No relations or joins.
• Most of the databases have no transaction support.
Examples : MongoDB, CouchDB cloudboost

6. Graph Databases
Pros :
• Excellent at storing relations between data.
• Relational queries / joins are extremely fast.
Cons:
• Most of the graph databases are very hard to scale out.
• Can be conceptually difficult to understand at first.
Example : Neo4j cloudboost

7. Search DB
Pros :
• Excellent at full-text search and other search queries.
• Can scale out well.
Cons:
• No relational support.
• Bad at MapReduce, No transactions.
Example : ElasticSearch cloudboost

8. Column-oriented
Pros :
• Fastest writes. Good for storing log / sensor data.
• Excellent scalability and high availability.
Cons:
• No relational support.
• No transactions.
Example : Cassandra cloudboost

9. Cache
Pros :
• Fastest read / writes. Good for storing data you need all the
time.
• Scalable and can be distributed over multiple machines
Cons:
• Not persistent.
• It stores data on RAM which is expensive.
Example : Redis cloudboost

10. Problem?
No database available today can
do everything which you need for
your app.

11. To solve this…
Companies built “multi-model”
databases.
For ex :
OrientDB = Document + Graph Database
FoundationDB = SQL + Document Database
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12. Problems with Multi-Model
databases?
They have two / three data-model
supported which still does-not
cover all the scenarios for the
requirements of an app.

13. Solution?
Pick and use multiple databases
to build one app.

14. …and this is called
“Polyglot Persistence”

15. For example,
If you’re building an
e-commerce application…

16. Source : http://martinfowler.com/bliki/PolyglotPersistence.html

17. My App
Document
Database
Search
Database
Logs
Graphs for
relations
Which looks like…

18. Using multiple databases to
build one app is an excellent
solution but…

19. As a developer you need to…
Hire an
expert for
each
database.
Learn
different
databases
yourself.
Sync
data
between
databases
Manage
different
databases
yourself

20. Which means…
Longer go-to-market
time
More Development and
maintenance costs
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21. Why CloudBoost.io?
CloudBoost is a database service that not only does
data-storage, but also search, real-time and a whole lot
more.
We leverage the strengths of multiple databases and
give you one simple API to use which will help you build
much richer apps in half less time.
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22. My App
Document
Database
Search
Database
Logs
Graphs for
relations
Before…

23. Document
Database
Search
Database
Logs
Graphs for
relationsYour App
CloudBoost
API
…And Now

24. A very simple API that does…
Search
Storage
Relations Time
Series
Real-time
Geo
Location

25. For Developers
We Auto
Sync your Data
We manage
Databases
A ton of
features
Save Time
Simple
API

26. Getting started with
CloudBoost.io

27. Step 1 : Create your app
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28. Step 2 : Create a new table
Create a new table with name “Custom”
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29. Step 3 : Create a new column
Create a new column “name” of type “text”
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30. Step 4 : Get your App Keys
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31. Step 5 : Link the JS SDK

32. Step 6 : Init your app.
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33. Step 7 : Save Data
“Custom” is the name of the Table.

34. Step 8 : Adding real-time
You can listen to any real-time notification event
from the database service. Here for example, the event fires
whenever a custom table object is inserted into the database.
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35. That’s it folks!
Build your next big thing on
CloudBoost.io. #BeginToday
For more features, visit – http://docs.cloudboost.io