Why use MongoDB?

• Has all advantages mentioned for NoSQL

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  • Non-relational, distributed, open source, scalable
  • Works well in clustered/cloud environment
  • Data is modeling matches application objects

• Well supported

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  • Languages supported:
  • C, C++, C#
  • Scala, Haskell, Java, javascript
  • PHP, PERL, Ruby

• Fits better with object oriented programming

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  • Your data structures can match your application
  • Data stored as JSON documents
  • JSON is converted to BSON for storage

• Extremely fast and scalable

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  • No complex relations between tables
  • Related data stored together
  • Capacity can be increased through "sharding" without down-time

• How popular is MongoDB?

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  • Depending on the rankings, RDBMS are solidly in the Top 10
  • According to some, MongoDB is number 6.

• What are some common use cases for MongoDB

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  • Archiving, CMS, eCommerce, Analytics, Social Networking
  • Session and user profile storage
  • Heavily used content-driven websites
  • Delivering content to mobile apps
  • Data aggregation (i.e. getting P.O.S. info for loyalty points)