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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. BoltDB vs. Geode vs. GeoMesa vs. Hazelcast

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. BoltDB vs. Geode vs. GeoMesa vs. Hazelcast

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeode  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAn embedded key-value store for Go.Geode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.A widely adopted in-memory data grid
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeKey-value storeSpatial DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.42
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Score0.70
Rank#225  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score1.51
Rank#147  Overall
#25  Key-value stores
Score0.78
Rank#214  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score5.72
Rank#59  Overall
#6  Key-value stores
Websitealasql.orggithub.com/­boltdb/­boltgeode.apache.orgwww.geomesa.orghazelcast.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlgeode.apache.org/­docswww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlhazelcast.org/­imdg/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.CCRi and othersHazelcast
Initial release20142013200220142008
Current release1.1, February 20175.0.1, July 20245.3.6, November 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as GemfireOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptGoJavaScalaJava
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredAll OS with a Java VM
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyesyesyes
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.nonononoyes infothe object must implement a serialization strategy
Secondary indexesnononoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noSQL-like query language (OQL)noSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJava Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
JCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptGo.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functionsnoyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor Services
Triggersyesnoyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyes infoEvents
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingdepending on storage layerSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneMulti-source replicationdepending on storage layeryes infoReplicated Map
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneEventual Consistencydepending on storage layerImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus Algorithm
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageyesyes, on a single nodenoone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commited
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.yesnoyesdepending on storage layeryes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoAccess rights per client and object definableyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageRole-based access control

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