Design Microservices Architecture with Patterns and Principles - When to Use Relational Databases

The video tutorial discusses the advantages of using relational databases, focusing on ACID compliance, which ensures data consistency through atomicity, consistency, isolation, and durability. It highlights the suitability of relational databases for predictable data and low workload volumes, emphasizing the benefits of normalization in reducing data size and minimizing the need for vertical scaling. The tutorial also covers the handling of complex queries, the importance of a fixed schema, and the deployment strategies that involve centralized structures and potential single points of failure.

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