What is Database Management?
Database Management involves designing, implementing, and maintaining databases — the structured storage for all business data in ERP, websites, and applications.
Relational vs NoSQL Databases
Relational (SQL) databases: MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL — structured tables, ACID transactions, strong consistency. Used for ERP, accounting, inventory. NoSQL: MongoDB, Redis, Cassandra — flexible documents or key-value pairs, horizontal scaling, eventual consistency. Used for real-time analytics, sessions, caching. ERPNext uses MariaDB as its primary database.
Database Performance for ERP
Large ERPNext databases (millions of GL entries, stock ledger entries) require: proper indexing on frequently queried fields, regular OPTIMIZE TABLE runs, query caching via Redis, and periodic archiving of old records. MariaDB performance tuning (innodb_buffer_pool_size, slow query log analysis) is critical for 200+ user ERPNext deployments.
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