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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. BigObject vs. BoltDB vs. jBASE vs. OpenEdge

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. BigObject vs. BoltDB vs. jBASE vs. OpenEdge

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAnalytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesAn embedded key-value store for Go.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareApplication development environment with integrated database management system
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedKey-value storeMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#333  Overall
#147  Relational DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score3.51
Rank#86  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgbigobject.iogithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasewww.progress.com/­openedge
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.bigobject.iodocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9documentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latest
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffBigObject, Inc.Rocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Progress Software Corporation
Initial release20142015201319911984
Current release5.7OpenEdge 12.2, March 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoMIT Licensecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptGo
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnooptionalyes
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.nononoyesyes
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICyes infoclose to SQL 92
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIfluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptGo.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
Progress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoLuanoyesyes
Triggersyesnonoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenoneShardinghorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenonenoneyesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenonenoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoyesACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yesyesyes
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.yesyesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnononoAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelUsers and groups

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