Question: Why is DynamoDB bad?
Answer
DynamoDB is not necessarily "bad," but it may not be the best solution for every use case.
Some potential drawbacks to using DynamoDB include the following:
- DynamoDB falls under two billing plans: Provisioned and Pay-Per-Use. Hence, choosing the right billing model can take time and effort. For example, suppose you overprovision (using the provisioned billing model). In that case, you will end up paying a lot more than you use, or you may under-provision, which can cause performance issues. Therefore, finding the right spot takes time. However, you can use the pay-per-use model to analyze your throughput and tune the database for your requirements to achieve single-digit millisecond latency.
- DynamoDB is a proprietary, managed NoSQL database service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS). This means you cannot self-host a DynamoDB instance.
- DynamoDB is not modelled as a traditional NoSQL database. Hence, it creates a high learning curve for fresh developers.
Other Common DynamoDB FAQ (with Answers)
- Can I add DynamoDB to my full-stack application?
- Is DynamoDB a wide-column store?
- Is DynamoDB stateless?
- Can DynamoDB have multiple tables?
- Can DynamoDB trigger AWS Step Functions?
- Can DynamoDB have null values?
- How to divert the traffic from S3 to DynamoDB?
- How to count rows in DynamoDB?
- Is DynamoDB expensive?
- Is DynamoDB similar to MongoDB?
- How does DynamoDB handle data changes?
- Can DynamoDB table have adhoc attributes?
- Is DynamoDB columnar database?
- What is the maximum number of partitions in DynamoDB?
- Is DynamoDB good for unstructured data?
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