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 we pass objects as an item in DynamoDB?
- Is DynamoDB certification worth it?
- What is DynamoDB white paper, and what are the key takeaways?
- Does DynamoDB have tables?
- How to access DynamoDB from Apache Hive?
- Is DynamoDB multi-region?
- Does DynamoDB support Multi-AZ?
- Is DynamoDB distributed?
- In DynamoDB, can I use UUID as the partition key?
- What are the key differences between DynamoDB and Elasticsearch?
- Is DynamoDB a managed service?
- What does DynamoDB support?
- Can we rename DynamoDB table?
- Is DynamoDB a memory store?
- Can QuickSight read DynamoDB?
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