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9 Things Your Database Must Do

Redis Labs sponsored this post. They must work with mountains of disparate data, return results in the blink of an eye, and cope with hugely complex technology environments — all while remaining easy to work with and highly available. To meet those challenges, modern database platforms must possess these nine key characteristics: Modern databases have to respond in less than one millisecond to avoid becoming a performance bottleneck for today’s applications.

The inability to quickly recover from a database failure can result in loss of data and frustrated users, an unacceptable problem in everything from financial transactions to online orders.

Now, NoSQL databases put unstructured data in a document and use key-value data storage and search capabilities to find what you’re looking for.