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)
- Is DynamoDB similar to MongoDB?
- How to count rows in DynamoDB?
- How to grab data from AWS DynamoDB?
- Should you make a new DynamoDB client for each request?
- How to divert the traffic from S3 to DynamoDB?
- What is the maximum number of partitions in DynamoDB?
- How does DynamoDB handle data changes?
- How do parallelize requests in DynamoDB?
- Can I add another region to global DynamoDB?
- Does DynamoDB charge for storage?
- How to access DynamoDB from Apache Hive?
- How to access DynamoDB from Android Studio?
- Is DynamoDB a memory store?
- Does DynamoDB have read replicas?
- How to store location coordinates in DynamoDB?
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