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Similarly, you may ask, is MongoDB an object oriented database?

MongoDB is an object-oriented, simple, dynamic, and scalable NoSQL database. It is based on the NoSQL document store model. The data objects are stored as separate documents inside a collection — instead of storing the data into the columns and rows of a traditional relational database.

Furthermore, what is the use of MongoDB database? MongoDB is a document-oriented database which stores data in JSON-like documents with dynamic schema. It means you can store your records without worrying about the data structure such as the number of fields or types of fields to store values. MongoDB documents are similar to JSON objects.

In this regard, is MongoDB good for transactional database?

At its core, MongoDB is a document database and — almost by default — these kind of databases aren't ACID compliant, especially when it comes to multi-document transactions (at the document level, MongoDB already supports ACID transactions).

Where is data stored in MongoDB?

By default, MongoDB listens for connections from clients on port 27017, and stores data in the /data/db directory. If you want mongod to store data files at a path other than /data/db you can specify a dbPath . The dbPath must exist before you start mongod .