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System Properties Comparison Aerospike vs. jBASE vs. Riak KV vs. Sadas Engine

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Name

Description

Flash-optimized In-memory NoSQL Database

A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middleware

Distributed, fault tolerant key-value store

SADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in Data warehouse environments

Primary database model

Key-value store

Multivalue DBMS

Key-value store

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

Relational DBMS

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	6.63
Rank	#64	Overall
	#8	Key-value stores

Score	0.00
Rank	#354	Overall
	#152	Relational DBMS

Website

www.aerospike.com

www.jbase.com

riak.com/products/riak-kv

www.sadasengine.com

Technical documentation

www.aerospike.com/docs

docs.zumasys.com/jbase

www.sadasengine.com/index.php/downloads/documentation-columnar-db

Social network pages

Developer

Aerospike

Zumasys

Basho Technologies

SADAS s.r.l.

Initial release

2012

1991

2009

2006

Current release

6.0.0.0, April 2022

5.7

2.1.0, April 2015

8.0

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

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

commercial

Open Source

Apache version 2, commercial enterprise edition

commercial

free trial version available

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

DBaaS offerings (sponsored links)

Database as a Service

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Implementation language

Erlang

C++

Server operating systems

Linux

AIX
Linux
Windows

Linux
OS X

AIX
Linux
Windows

Data scheme

schema-free

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

optional

yes

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

Secondary indexes

yes

restricted

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

Embedded SQL for jBASE in BASIC

yes

APIs and other access methods

JDBC
Proprietary protocol

JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API

HTTP API
Native Erlang Interface

JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol

Supported programming languages

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

.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java

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

.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

user defined functions

with Lua

yes

JavaScript and Erlang

Triggers

yes

pre-commit hooks and post-commit hooks

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

no "single point of failure"

horizontal partitioning

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

selectable replication factor

yes

selectable replication factor

none

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

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

links between data sets can be stored

yes

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

managed by 'Learn by Usage'

User concepts

Access control

Access rights for users and roles

with Enterprise Edition only

Access rights can be defined down to the item level

Access rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard

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

Zumasys, Inc
5 March 2019, International Spectrum Magazine

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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
29 September 2016, Opensource.com

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