Master of Science in Software Engineering February 2018 Performance comparison of the most popular relational and non-relational database management systems Kamil Kolonko Faculty of Computing Blekinge Institute of Technology SE-371 79 Karlskrona Sweden This thesis is submitted to the Faculty of Computing at Blekinge Institute of Technology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Software Engineering. The thesis is equivalent to 20 weeks of full time studies. Contact Information: Author(s): Kamil Kolonko E-mail:
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[email protected] External advisor: IF APPLICABLE University advisor: Javier González-Huerta Department of Software Engineering Faculty of Computing Internet : www.bth.se Blekinge Institute of Technology Phone : +46 455 38 50 00 SE-371 79 Karlskrona, Sweden Fax : +46 455 38 50 57 i i ABSTRACT Context. Database is an essential part of any software product. With an emphasis on application performance, database efficiency becomes one of the key factors to analyze in the process of technology selection. With a development of new data models and storage technologies, the necessity for a comparison between relational and non-relational database engines is especially evident in the software engineering domain. Objectives. This thesis investigates current knowledge on database performance measurement methods, popularity of relational and non-relational database engines, defines characteristics of databases, approximates their average values and compares the performance of two selected database engines. Methods. In this study a number of research methods are used, including literature review, a review of Internet sources, and an experiment. Literature datasets used in the research incorporate over 100 sources including IEEE Xplore and ACM Digital Library.