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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Amazon CloudSearch vs. Ehcache vs. FatDB vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Amazon CloudSearch vs. Ehcache vs. FatDB vs. LokiJS

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAmazon CloudSearch  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonFatDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
FatDB/FatCloud has ceased operations as a company with February 2014. FatDB is discontinued and excluded from the ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA hosted search engine service by Amazon with the data stored in Amazons cloudA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsA .NET NoSQL DBMS that can integrate with and extend SQL Server.In-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Search engineKey-value storeDocument store
Key-value store
Document store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.85
Rank#137  Overall
#12  Search engines
Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitealasql.orgaws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchwww.ehcache.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.aws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchwww.ehcache.org/­documentationtechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAmazonTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGFatCloud
Initial release20142012200920122014
Current release3.10.0, March 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaC#JavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedAll OS with a Java VMWindowsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesno
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.nonono
Secondary indexesnoyes infoall search fields are automatically indexednoyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nonono infoVia inetgration in SQL Serverno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIHTTP APIJCache.NET Client API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP API
RPC
Windows WCF Bindings
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaC#JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoyes infovia applicationsView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesnoyes infoCache Event Listenersyes infovia applicationsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes infoautomatic partitioning across Amazon Search Instance as requiredSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infomanaged transparently by AWSyes infoby using Terracotta Serverselectable replication factornone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
none
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenono infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoauthentication via encrypted signaturesnono infoCan implement custom security layer via applicationsno

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