nocodb/packages/noco-docs/docs/150.engineering/010.architecture.md

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Architecture overview	Simple overview of NocoDB architecture	Engineering	true

By default, if NC_DB is not specified, then SQLite will be used to store your metadata. We suggest users to separate the metadata and user data in different databases.

Project Type	Metadata stored in	Data stored in
Create new project	NC_DB	NC_DB
Create new project with External Database	NC_DB	External Database
Create new project from Excel	NC_DB	NC_DB