Question: Is DynamoDB a wide-column store?
Answered by Rafal Wilinski
Answer
Yes, Amazon DynamoDB is a wide-column store, also known as a NoSQL database. It allows for flexible schema and scalability, making it well-suited for handling large amounts of data with varying structures.
Other Common DynamoDB FAQ (with Answers)
- Can DynamoDB run on Mac OS?
- How to access DynamoDB from EC2?
- Is DynamoDB ACID compliant?
- Are DynamoDB table names supposed to be unique?
- What is DynamoDB white paper, and what are the key takeaways?
- Is DynamoDB HIPAA compliant?
- Is DynamoDB a key-value store?
- Can firehose write to DynamoDB?
- Are DynamoDB tables globally unique?
- Can DynamoDB trigger AWS Step Functions?
- Is DynamoDB multi-region?
- Does DynamoDB have read replicas?
- What is DynamoDB used for?
- How is data stored in DynamoDB?
- Can DynamoDB have nested objects?
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