# Scalable GrandNode eCommerce with MongoDB database 2016-11-28 *This article was first published on 28 November 2016 and describes an earlier version of GrandNode. For the current version see the [documentation](https://grandnode.com/knowledgebase).* ### Scalable eCommerce with MongoDB database ![](https://grandnode.com/Plugins/Theme.GrandNodeCom/Content/blog/legacy/scalable-grandnode-ecommerce-with-mongodb-database/1.webp) In the current situation on the market, each site is very rich in content. Online stores offers hundreds of products that have a lot of content, pictures and each customer left milions of geographically information. eCommerce softwares are facing a big challenge of processing massive amounts of data. #### Existing problems \- Slow site with massive data about users, information, traffic. \- Inelastic SQL schema makes an application inefficient. \- SQL is not suitable for linear scalability to support massive amount of data. \- Complex models and Entity–Attribute–Value database design leads to less flexibility. \- A key element in the ecommerce scalability is related to databases #### How it works in eCommerce \- With dynamic scalability MongoDB is the best fit for massive spikes in usage during seasonal swings. \- Increasing content and data, rules and analytics, social media content require scalable architecture, which is need of nowadays Ecommerce. \- Ecommerce has a lot of temporary data such as shopping carts, information about session, MongoDB is the best for this kind of projects. \- Major priority for any ecommerce store should has an architecture designed to handle the growing user base. #### Key aspects in MongoDB implementation \- No more relational complexity \- Flexible \- Best suited for dynamic eCommerce operations \- Best for read-heavy scenarios \- Scalable, efficient architecture \- Strong, free community support \- Imprvoed performance and high availability \- Cost effectiveness - [Web page](https://grandnode.com/scalable-grandnode-ecommerce-with-mongodb-database)