Selecting the Right Open Source DB for Your Workload

So. Many. Databases.

The latest DB-Engines ranking lists 370 databases according to popularity. That’s certainly a lot. And the sheer number may lead some to go back to what they know, or rely on other developers’ recommendations. The more intrepid may even spend some time researching.

Suffice it to say that it takes some navigation to understand the landscape across all the database flavors. And mere understanding doesn’t necessarily lead to the right choice. Martin Kleppman literally maps this out in his noteworthy book, Designing Data-Intensive Appplications, O’Reilly. (Highly recommend this read.)