In this study, we evaluate the performance of SQL and NoSQL database management systems namely; Cassandra, CouchDB, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and RethinkDB. We use a cluster of four nodes to run the database systems, with external load generators.The evaluation is conducted using data from Telenor Sverige, a telecommunication company that operates in Sweden. The experiments are conducted using three datasets of different sizes.The write throughput and latency as well as the read throughput and latency are evaluated for four queries; namely distance query, k-nearest neighbour query, range query, and region query. For write operations Cassandra has the highest throughput when multiple nodes are used, whereas PostgreSQL has the lowest latency and the highest throughput for a single node. For read operations MongoDB has the lowest latency for all queries. However, Cassandra has the highest throughput for reads. The throughput decreasesas the dataset size increases for both write and read, for both sequential as well as random order access. However, this decrease is more significant for random read and write. In this study, we present the experience we had with these different database management systems including setup and configuration complexity.