A Systematic Literature Review on Migrating Relational Databases to NoSQL Databases
Abstract
The growing need to manage large volumes of heterogeneous data has driven the adoption of NoSQL databases, which offer greater flexibility and scalability compared to traditional relational databases. However, data migration between these models still is a challenge, as there is not a robust solution. This work presents a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) on recent approaches for migrating relational databases to NoSQL databases, as well as an analysis of the selected studies. The results highlight trends and gaps in the literature, emphasizing the need for more efficient approaches to support relational data migration to different NoSQL technologies. This work contributes to the systematization of knowledge in the field and provides insights for future researches.
Keywords:
Migration, Relational Database, NoSQL Databases, Workload
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Hamouda, S. (2023). Seamless Transition: Migrating from Relational Databases to Document-Oriented Databases. In XII International Conference on Intelligent Data Acquisition and Advanced Computing Systems: Technology and Applications (IDAACS), pages 883–888. IEEE.
Han, J., Kamber, M., and Pei, J. (2013). Data Mining: Concepts and Techniques. Morgan Kaufmann.
Karnitis, G. and Arnicans, G. (2015). Migration of Relational Database to Document-Oriented Database: Structure Denormalization and Data Transformation. In VII International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Communication Systems and Networks (CICSyN), pages 113–118. IEEE.
Kiehn, F., Schmidt, M., Glake, D., Panse, F., Wingerath, W., Wollmer, B., Poppinga, M., and Ritter, N. (2022). Polyglot Data Management: State of the Art & Open Challenges. Proc. VLDB Endow., 15(12):3750–3753.
Kitchenham, B. (2004). Procedures for Performing Systematic Reviews. Keele, UK, Keele University, 33(2004):1–26.
Kleppmann, M. (2016). Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems. O’Reilly.
Namdeo, B. and Suman, U. (2021). A Model for Relational to NoSQL database Migration: Snapshot-Live Stream Db Migration Model. In VII International Conference on Advanced Computing and Communication Systems (ICACCS), pages 199–2004. IEEE.
Sadalage, P. J. and Fowler, M. (2013). NoSQL Distilled: A Brief Guide to the Emerging World of Polyglot Persistence. Pearson Education.
Shah, S. I. H., Peristeras, V., and Magnisalis, I. (2021). Government Big Data Ecosystem: Definitions, Types of Data, Actors, and Roles and the Impact in Public Administrations. ACM J. Data Inf. Qual., 13(2):8:1–8:25.
Siregar, R. A. S. and Azizah, F. N. (2023). Migration From Relational Database to Column-Oriented NoSQL Database. In International Conference on Data and Software Engineering (ICoDSE), pages 174–179. IEEE.
Sun, Z. (2024). Big Data 4.0 = Meta4 (Big Data) = The Era of Big Intelligence. In VII International Conference on Software Engineering and Information Management (ICSIM), pages 14–22. ACM.
Tandya, W. and Azizah, F. N. (2023). Migration of Relational Database to NoSQL Document-Oriented Database. In International Conference on Data and Software Engineering (ICoDSE), pages 180–185. IEEE.
Wazlawick, R. S. (2009). Metodologia de Pesquisa em Ciência da Computação. Elsevier.
Yassine, F. and Awad, M. A. (2018). Migrating from SQL to NoSQL Database: Practices and Analysis. In International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology (IIT), pages 58–62. IEEE.
Published
2025-04-23
How to Cite
GIDEÃO, Alberto da Silva; MELLO, Ronaldo dos Santos.
A Systematic Literature Review on Migrating Relational Databases to NoSQL Databases. In: REGIONAL DATABASE SCHOOL (ERBD), 20. , 2025, Florianópolis/SC.
Anais [...].
Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação,
2025
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p. 11-19.
ISSN 2595-413X.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/erbd.2025.7341.
