Document store databases let you manage records that are long and have varied structure. This post is one of a series that introduces the fundamentals of NOSQL databases, and their role in Big ...

Because any database that does not support the SQL language is, by definition, a 'NoSQL' database, some very different databases coexist under the NoSQL banner. Massively scalable data stores like ...

Simply put, the interaction between application code and a document data store feels more natural. Figure 1 gives a visual look at the structure of MongoDB databases, collections, and documents.

MongoDB operates a NoSQL document-based architecture database. The company embraces a “run anywhere” strategy, where MongoDB can be “fully managed as-a-service or self-managed in the cloud ...

MongoDB’s free-to-download version of its database, Community Server, helps drive adoption of its paid subscription version—although the vast majority of MongoDB’s 1.5 million free users ...