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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Jena - TDB vs. Hypertable vs. IRONdb vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Jena - TDB vs. Hypertable vs. IRONdb vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonIRONdb  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.IRONdb seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA RDF storage and query DBMS, shipped as an optional-use component of the Apache Jena frameworkAn open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopA distributed Time Series DBMS with a focus on scalability, fault tolerance and operational simplicityDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL Server
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
RDF storeWide column storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score3.62
Rank#83  Overall
#3  RDF stores
Score76.78
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlwww.circonus.com/solutions/time-series-database/azure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­database
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqljena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmldocs.circonus.com/irondb/category/getting-starteddocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sql
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsHypertable Inc.Circonus LLC.Microsoft
Initial release20142000200920172010
Current release4.9.0, July 20230.9.8.11, March 2016V0.10.20, January 2018V12
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache License, Version 2.0Open Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaC++C and C++C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
Linuxhosted
Data schemeschema-freeyes infoRDF Schemasschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnoyes infotext, numeric, histogramsyes
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.nonoyes
Secondary indexesnoyesrestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nonoSQL-like query language (Circonus Analytics Query Language: CAQL)yes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIFuseki infoREST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
C++ API
Thrift
HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaC++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnoyes, in LuaTransact SQL
Triggersyesyes infovia event handlernonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingAutomatic, metric affinity per node
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneselectable replication factor on file system levelconfigurable replication factor, datacenter awareyes, with always 3 replicas available
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency per node, eventual consistency across nodesImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACID infoTDB TransactionsnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess control via Jena Securitynonofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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