Most modern applications and programs require a place to store data. For web applications, databases are a crucial gear.
When choosing a database, several factors need to be considered - one major aspect is its cost, but flexibility and support from hosting providers are also crucial. For various reasons, open source databases are your best choice.
For example, open source relational database will not exceed your budget, and you will not be limited in how you use it. Like Content management system (CMS) like WordPress, open source tools can provide powerful functions. Even better, some of the most popular (and supported) databases are open source solutions.
Let's take a look at several open source relational database software and summarize some different 'styles'.
Introduction to Open Source Database Software
A database is the back-end storage for applications -- for example, web applications (this is the main application type we will refer to in this article). The database itself will be located on the server, along with other backend elements such as the core files of the site, any media you use, and server configuration files.
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Generally speaking, a database is one of the endpoints of a site. For example:
Your website page will communicate with the server using HTML and PHP.
The server will represent you in accessing the database (a seamless process), pulling or pushing data, and returning it to the front-end.
Your site will display or update its content based on the database.
It is the basic technology for sites and servers. Therefore, you will want to have as much flexibility and knowledge in the database as possible.
This leads to your first consideration: whether to choose an open source database or a proprietary database.
About the Codebase and potential of the system, the open source database will provide you with 100%. On the contrary, a completely closed proprietary solution will not provide the same level of depth or flexibility unless developers choose to enable it.
Some databases run on a 'source code available' basis.
How (and where) to use open source databases
It is worth noting that the license type does not necessarily limit the applications you can use. Nevertheless, there are still some different use cases for open-source databases that align well with the license:
WordPress: The open-source core of WordPress works well with open-source databases, mainly due to a lack of limitations. This means that you can create powerful custom applications as needed, especially when using REST APIs.
Key value storage: You will find that key value storage is a resource intensive task that sometimes requires the proficiency of professional developers to optimize. Open source database solutions allow developers to delve deeper into the code and refine it.
Niche Technologies: Many technology applications benefit from other open source tools such as databases. Artificial intelligence (AI), graphing, and different niches can work with an open source database much like WordPress can (without restriction) and leverage the flexibility of the database itself.
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