Comparisons

SQL vs NoSQL vs NewSQL: Storage Trade-Offs

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Venn diagram comparing Relational Schema, Horizontal Scale, and Strict ACID, illustrating the architectural overlap of SQL, NoSQL, and NewSQL databases.
Venn diagram comparing Relational Schema, Horizontal Scale, and Strict ACID, illustrating the architectural overlap of SQL, NoSQL, and NewSQL databases.
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What it shows

  • Traditional SQL gives ACID and relations, but fails at global sharding.
  • NoSQL scales horizontally effortlessly by loosening consistency guarantees.
  • NewSQL combines distributed consensus with relational ACID engines.

The takeaway

Choose SQL for relations, NoSQL for scale-out simplicity, and NewSQL when you genuinely need both.

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