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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. DataFS vs. InfinityDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAlibaba Cloud PolarDB  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA cloud-native relational database compatible with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle. Designed for business critical applications.All data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.A Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interface
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSObject oriented DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.66
Rank#235  Overall
#108  Relational DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#360  Overall
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Websitealasql.orgwww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­polardbnewdatabase.comboilerbay.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­polardb/­product-overviewdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manual
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAlibabaMobiland AGBoiler Bay Inc.
Initial release201420182002
Current release1.1.263, October 20224.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJava
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedWindowsAll OS with a Java VM
Data schemeschema-freeyesClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)yes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgrade
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arrays
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.noyesnono
Secondary indexesnoyesnono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capability
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesnono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJava
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesno
Triggersyesyesno, except callback-events from server when changes happenedno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceProprietary Sharding systemnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZED
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capability
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loads
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardWindows-Profileno
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