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)
- Is DynamoDB expensive?
- How to connect to DynamoDB?
- Is DynamoDB ACID compliant?
- Is DynamoDB stateless?
- Is DynamoDB based on MongoDB?
- Can I add DynamoDB to my full-stack application?
- How is data stored in DynamoDB?
- Can we pass objects as an item in DynamoDB?
- Is DynamoDB serverless?
- Can DynamoDB have duplicates?
- What are the naming conventions in DynamoDB?
- How resilient is DynamoDB?
- Can DynamoDB store documents?
- Can glue write to DynamoDB?
- Can DynamoDB be used like a relational database?
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