
Big data, agile development, and
cloud computing are driving new requirements for database management
systems. These requirements are in turn driving the next phase of
growth in the database industry, mirroring the evolution of the OLAP
industry. This document describes this evolution, the new
application workload, and how MongoDB is uniquely suited to address
these challenges.

Big data, agile development, and
cloud computing are driving new requirements for database management
systems. These requirements are in turn driving the next phase of
growth in the database industry, mirroring the evolution of the OLAP
industry. This document describes this evolution, the new
application workload, and how MongoDB is uniquely suited to address
these challenges.

This white paper will help you understand one of the most popular NoSQL options available with the AWS cloud
computing platform—the open source application MongoDB. We provide an overview of general best practices that
apply to all major NoSQL options, and we examine important MongoDB implementation characteristics such as
performance, durability, and security. We pay particular attention to identifying features that support scalability, high availability, and fault-tolerance.