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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Kylin vs. InterSystems Caché vs. NuoDB vs. TerarkDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Kylin vs. InterSystems Caché vs. NuoDB vs. TerarkDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Kylin  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA distributed analytics engine for big data, providing a SQL interface and multi-dimensional analysis (OLAP) and leveraging the Hadoop stackA multi-model DBMS and application serverNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.18
Rank#172  Overall
#79  Relational DBMS
Score0.89
Rank#198  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Websitealasql.orgkylin.apache.orgwww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachewww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasegithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlkylin.apache.org/­docsdocs.intersystems.comdoc.nuodb.combytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software Foundation, originally contributed from eBay IncInterSystemsDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.ByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release20142015199720132016
Current release3.1.0, July 20202018.1.4, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercial infolimited edition freecommercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaC++C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesdepending on used data modelyesschema-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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.ANSI SQL for queries (using Apache Calcite)yesyesno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
C++ API
Java API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
C++
Java
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesJava, SQLno
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonedata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtennone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACID infotunable commit protocolno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyes
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.yesnoyesyes infoTemporary tableyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users, groups and rolesStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersno

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