The Use of Relational and NoSQL Databases in Industrial Asset Management

The advancements concerning the development of ICT systems including Internet of Things (IoT), big data, cloud computing and NoSQL databases provide new opportunities and challenges for industrial asset management. The use of NoSQL databases has emerged due to the limitations of the relational databases, in particular, the inability to scale-up horizontally and to manage the data that is constantly generated by industry. The current work highlights the key aspects of both relational and NoSQL databases. The paper provides a review of the database technologies mentioned above. In this context, in order to demonstrate the effectiveness and adequacy of NoSQL databases, a real industrial case study is presented. The authors also discuss the different database technologies and their suitability in the domain of interest.