*Result*: Benchmarking SQL and NoSQL Persistence in Microservices Under Variable Workloads.
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*This paper presents a controlled comparative evaluation of SQL and NoSQL persistence mechanisms in containerized microservice architectures under variable workload conditions. Three persistence configurations—SQL with indexing, SQL without indexing, and a document-oriented NoSQL database, including supplementary hybrid SQL variants used for robustness analysis—are assessed across read-dominant, write-dominant, and mixed workloads, with concurrency levels ranging from low to high contention. The experimental setup is fully containerized and executed in a single-node environment to isolate persistence-layer behavior and ensure reproducibility. System performance is evaluated using multiple metrics, including percentile-based latency (p95), throughput, CPU utilization, and memory consumption. The results reveal distinct performance trade-offs among the evaluated configurations, highlighting the sensitivity of persistence mechanisms to workload composition and concurrency intensity. In particular, indexing strategies significantly affect read-heavy scenarios, while document-oriented persistence demonstrates advantages under write-intensive workloads. The findings emphasize the importance of workload-aware persistence selection in microservice-based systems and support the adoption of polyglot persistence strategies. Rather than providing absolute performance benchmarks, the study focuses on comparative behavioral trends that can inform architectural decision-making in practical microservice deployments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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