There’s nothing wrong with the traditional relational database management system. In fact, many NoSQL databases have added support for SQL-style queries.

NoSQL solutions emerged as a reaction to frustration with the cost and inflexibility of legacy RDBMS products like Oracle and IBM DB2, which use SQL as a query language. The original NoSQL systems ...

Like so many technology debates before it, the SQL/NoSQL debate may soon enter the realm of great technology disagreements as Mac versus PC, fieldbus versus Ethernet, and PC versus PLC-based control.

In other words, vector databases are like a specialty store that provides a specific type of services to customers. SVDBs' strength in their specificity, however, can be a weakness for many users.

The vector search in Cosmos DB for NoSQL, according to the company, is powered by DiskANN —a suite of scalable approximate nearest neighbor search algorithms that support real-time changes.

Vector search along with other updates will be accessible inside AstraDB via a Google-powered NoSQL copilot that will also help DataStax customers build AI applications, the company said.