Efficiency of NoSQL databases under a moderate application load

Abstract

Consider the fact, that the concepts of NoSQL databases have been developed and recently, big Internet companies such as Google, Amazon, Yahoo!, and Facebook are using NoSQL databases. Although the primary focus of NoSQL databases is to deal with huge volume of het- erogeneous data, these can also be suited for handling moderate volume of data, especially if the data are heterogeneous and there are frequent changes in data. Considering this we consider the development and im- plementation of an application with moderate volume of heterogeneous data using a NoSQL database. We perform comparative performance analysis with a relational database system. The experimental evalua- tions show that NoSQL databases are also often suitable for handling moderate volume of data.