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Dbms case study

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Case Study (No SQL Databases)

• Introduction: This case study focuses on a thriving e-commerce


platform offering millions of products to a global customer base. The
platform's diverse operations, including product searching, inventory
management, order tracking, and user preference storage, have
placed a significant strain on its current relational database. As the
platform continues to grow, it faces critical challenges related to
database performance and scalability. These challenges manifest as
slow query response times, inability to handle peak traffic loads
efficiently (particularly during promotional periods), and difficulties in
managing the wide variety of data generated by user activity, product
information, and other platform operations. This analysis will explore a
potential solution involving the integration of NoSQL databases,
specifically MongoDB and Neo4j, within a hybrid architecture.

• Insight: Relational databases, while excellent for structured data and


ACID transactions, can struggle with the scale and variety of data in
modern e-commerce.
o Analysis: The rigid schema of relational databases makes it difficult
to adapt to evolving data requirements, such as adding new product
attributes or handling unstructured data like customer reviews.
o Scaling relational databases vertically (upgrading hardware)
becomes expensive and eventually reaches a limit. Horizontal
scaling (adding more servers) can be complex and may not always
provide linear performance improvements.
o Insight: High-traffic events expose the limitations of relational
databases in handling concurrent requests.
o Analysis: During peak times, numerous users accessing the
database simultaneously can lead to resource contention, resulting
in slow query response times and a degraded user experience.
MongoDB Implementation (Document Database)

o Product Catalog: Storing product information (descriptions,


images, specifications) in a flexible, schema-less way.
o Customer Reviews/Ratings: Handling large volumes of
unstructured text data.
o User Preferences/Personalization: Storing user profiles,
browsing history, and personalized recommendations.

Advantages:
• Scalability: Horizontal scaling to handle increasing data volume and
traffic.
• Flexibility: Schema-less design allows for easy adaptation to
changing data requirements.
Disadvantages:
• Transactions: While MongoDB supports transactions, complex multi-
document transactions can be less efficient than in relational
databases.
• Joins: Not ideal for complex joins between different data sets
(handled by the relational database).

Neo4j Implementation (Graph Database)

o Product Recommendations: Modeling relationships between


products (e.g., "customers who bought this also bought...").
o Social Connections: If the platform has social features, Neo4j
can model user connections and interactions.
o Fraud Detection: Identifying patterns and anomalies in user
behavior.
Advantages:
• Relationships: Excellent for managing and querying complex
relationships between data.
• Performance: Efficient traversal of relationships for recommendations
and network analysis.

Disadvantages:
• Scalability: While scalable, scaling graph databases can be more
complex than scaling document databases.
• Data Structure: Requires careful design of the graph model.

2)

Parameter MongoDB Cassandra Redis


Flexibility High Medium High (key-
(schemaless) (column-family) value, data
structures)
Scalability High (horizontal Very High Medium
scaling) (distributed (vertical
architecture) scaling,
clustering)
Availability High (replica Very High (fault High (sentinel,
sets) tolerance) clustering)
Fault Tolerance Good Excellent Good
Querying/Indexing Rich query CQL (SQL-like), Key-based
language, indexing lookup, limited
indexing indexing
options
Real-time Data Yes Yes Very fast in-
Access memory access
Distributed MapReduce, Distributed Limited
Processing aggregation architecture distributed
framework processing

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