nocodb/packages/noco-docs/content/en/engineering/architecture.md

title, description, position, category, menuTitle

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Architecture Overview	Simple overview of NocoDB architecture	3000	Engineering	Architecture Overview

By default, if NC_DB is not specified, then SQLite will be used to store your meta data. We suggest users to separate the meta data 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