Database

Hello everyone, In this article I will review the following book MongoDB 8.0 in Action, Third Edition. I’m using MongoDB daily at my job and by reading the new edition of the book I’m still learning lots of new things which are specific to the newer editions of MongoDB, 7 and 8 specifically. I’ve also got a glimpse of the capabilities of MongoDB Atlas, it’s managed platform.

The CAP theorem, also known as Brewer’s theorem, is a concept in distributed computing that states that it is impossible for a distributed system to simultaneously provide all three of the following guarantees:

Introduction # Apache Cassandra is a highly scalable and distributed NoSQL database that is designed to handle large volumes of data across multiple commodity servers. One of the key features of Cassandra is its ability to automatically manage data distribution, replication, and consistency across a cluster of nodes, providing high availability and fault tolerance.

Hi 👋👋 In this article I will explore the topic of sharding a Mongo Database that runs on Kubernetes. Before we get started, if you want to follow along, please install the tools listed in the prerequisites section, and if you want to learn more about sharding, check out this fantastic article Sharding Pattern.