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System Properties Comparison Aerospike vs. jBASE vs. Oracle Berkeley DB vs. Riak KV

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Name

Description

Flash-optimized In-memory NoSQL Database

A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middleware

Widely used in-process key-value store

Distributed, fault tolerant key-value store

Primary database model

Key-value store

Multivalue DBMS

Key-value store

supports sorted and unsorted key sets
Native XML DBMS

in the Oracle Berkeley DB XML version

Key-value store

with links between data sets and object tags for the creation of secondary indexes

Secondary database models

Document store

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Score	6.10
Rank	#70	Overall
	#10	Key-value stores

Score	1.80
Rank	#133	Overall
	#3	Multivalue DBMS

Score	2.77
Rank	#109	Overall
	#20	Key-value stores
	#3	Native XML DBMS

Score	6.63
Rank	#64	Overall
	#8	Key-value stores

Website

www.aerospike.com

www.jbase.com

www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/database-technologies/berkeleydb/overview/index.html

riak.com/products/riak-kv

Technical documentation

www.aerospike.com/docs

docs.zumasys.com/jbase

docs.oracle.com/cd/E17076_05/html/index.html

Social network pages

Developer

Aerospike

Zumasys

Oracle

originally developed by Sleepycat, which was acquired by Oracle

Basho Technologies

Initial release

2012

1991

1994

2009

Current release

6.0.0.0, April 2022

5.7

18.1.40, May 2020

2.1.0, April 2015

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache and AGPL Licenses; open sourced in June 2014; commercial Enterprise Edition available

commercial

Open Source

commercial license available

Open Source

Apache version 2, commercial enterprise edition

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

C, Java, C++ (depending on the Berkeley DB edition)

Erlang

Server operating systems

Linux

AIX
Linux
Windows

AIX
Android
FreeBSD
iOS
Linux
OS X
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows

Linux
OS X

Data scheme

schema-free

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

optional

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

yes

only with the Berkeley DB XML edition

Secondary indexes

yes

restricted

SQL

Support of SQL

Embedded SQL for jBASE in BASIC

yes

SQL interfaced based on SQLite is available

APIs and other access methods

JDBC
Proprietary protocol

JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API

HTTP API
Native Erlang Interface

Supported programming languages

.Net
C
C#
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby

.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java

.Net

Figaro is a .Net framework assembly that extends Berkeley DB XML into an embeddable database engine for .NET
others

Third-party libraries to manipulate Berkeley DB files are available for many languages
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)

3rd party binding
Perl
Python
Tcl

unofficial client library
C#
C++

unofficial client library
Clojure

unofficial client library
Dart

unofficial client library
Erlang
Go

unofficial client library
Groovy

unofficial client library
Haskell

unofficial client library
Java
JavaScript

unofficial client library
Lisp

unofficial client library
Perl

unofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala

unofficial client library
Smalltalk

unofficial client library

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

user defined functions

with Lua

yes

JavaScript and Erlang

Triggers

yes

only for the SQL API

yes

pre-commit hooks and post-commit hooks

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

none

Sharding

no "single point of failure"

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

selectable replication factor

yes

Source-replica replication

selectable replication factor

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

Aerospike Aggregation Framework is similar to Map/Reduce

yes

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Eventual Consistency in cross-datacenter configuration and Immediate Consistency in local cluster configuration

Eventual Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

links between data sets can be stored

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

Atomic execution of operations

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts

Access control

Access rights for users and roles

with Enterprise Edition only

Access rights can be defined down to the item level

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Specific characteristics

Aerospike is an enterprise-class, NoSQL database solution delivering predictable...
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Competitive advantages

Optimized for use with SSDs (solid-state hard drives) Scales horizontally and vertically...
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Typical application scenarios

Aerospike excels in mission-critical applications that have mixed read/write workloads...
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Key customers

Nielsen, Williams-Sonoma, Inmobi, AppNexus, Telco (confidential), Financial Services...
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Market metrics

Aerospike's combination of speed, scalability, and reliability delivers 10x performance...
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Licensing and pricing models

Subscription-based Enterprise Edition and free, open-source Community Edition
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News

Aerospike Unveils Database 6
27 April 2022

AWS Sponsors Aerospike’s Summit 2022: Mission Now
6 April 2022

Aerospike Accelerates Real-time Data Management in the Cloud
29 March 2022

Aerospike’s Rapid Growth Lands Spot on Inc. Magazine’s List of the Pacific Region’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies
16 March 2022

Aerospike Records Best Year in Company History
8 February 2022

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DB-Engines blog posts

Evaluating Hbase and Aerospike Solutions for Real-time System of Record
17 March 2020, Srini Srinivasan, Aerospike (sponsor)

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Conferences and events

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Recent citations in the news

Aerospike Unveils Database 6
27 April 2022, GlobeNewswire

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12 May 2022, thenewstack.io

Aerospike brings its managed NoSQL database to Google Cloud
29 March 2022, SiliconANGLE News

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22 May 2022, The Daily Vale

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22 May 2022, The Daily Vale

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jBASE Celebrates 25 Years of Innovation
22 December 2019, International Spectrum Magazine

Zumasys, Inc
5 March 2019, International Spectrum Magazine

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Oracle switches Berkeley DB license
5 July 2013, InfoWorld

Recognition For NoSQL Pioneers
5 July 2021, iProgrammer

Oracle acquisitions timeline: From soup to nuts, PeopleSoft to Sigma
28 March 2022, TechTarget

Oracle vs SQL Server: RDBMS Comparison 2022
4 June 2021, Datamation

ACM recognizes far-reaching technical achievements with special awards
26 May 2021, EurekAlert

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Is Riak A Good NoSQL Database Option?
1 July 2019, Analytics India Magazine

Riak NoSQL Database: Use Cases and Best Practices
23 December 2011, InfoQ.com

Basho rolls out open source version of its Riak TS database
5 May 2016, ZDNet

Basho, Maker of Riak NoSQL Database, Raises $25M
13 January 2015, Data Center Knowledge

Riak TS for time series analysis at scale
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