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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. DataFS vs. Graphite vs. Infobright vs. Linter

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. DataFS vs. Graphite vs. Infobright vs. Linter

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonInfobright  Xexclude from comparisonLinter  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAll data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.Data logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperHigh performant column-oriented DBMS for analytic workloads using MySQL or PostgreSQL as a frontendRDBMS for high security requirements
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Object oriented DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMSSpatial DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#360  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Score4.83
Rank#67  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Score1.02
Rank#192  Overall
#90  Relational DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#350  Overall
#152  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgnewdatabase.comgithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webignitetech.com/­softwarelibrary/­infobrightdblinter.ru
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspgraphite.readthedocs.io
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffMobiland AGChris DavisIgnite Technologies Inc.; formerly InfoBright Inc.relex.ru
Initial release20142018200620051990
Current release1.1.263, October 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infoThe open source (GPLv2) version did not support inserts/updates/deletes and was discontinued with July 2016commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptPythonCC and C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)WindowsLinux
Unix
Linux
Windows
AIX
Android
BSD
HP Open VMS
iOS
Linux
OS X
VxWorks
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)yesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesNumeric data onlyyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnononono infoKnowledge Grid Technology used insteadyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nonoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript API.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
HTTP API
Sockets
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
LINQ
ODBC
OLE DB
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
D
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Ruby
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoyes infoproprietary syntax with the possibility to convert from PL/SQL
Triggersyesno, except callback-events from server when changes happenednonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneProprietary Sharding systemnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infolockingyesyes
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.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoWindows-Profilenofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard infoexploiting MySQL or PostgreSQL frontend capabilitiesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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