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Factors to consider

  • What data types does it support and what are your own requirements for data types ?
  • Do you need flexible schema or rigid schema ?
  • Is query flexibility important to you ?
  • Do you want to store large amounts of data across several machines
  • How much important is sata safety (via ACID compliance or something else)
  • Do you need Triggers
  • Do you need Transactions (for atomicity)
  • Do you need Stored Procedures
  • How much important is having ability to create Views for you ?
  • Can you live without Joins ?
  • Do you need Partitioning ?
  • Do you need to store only large blobs of data ?
  • Do you have enough information about the database requirements (like schema, probable tables, data types etc)