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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. DataFS vs. TinkerGraph vs. VoltDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. DataFS vs. TinkerGraph vs. VoltDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonVoltDB  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.A lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 APIDistributed In-Memory NewSQL RDBMS infoUsed for OLTP applications with a high frequency of relatively simple transactions, that can hold all their data in memory
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Object oriented DBMSGraph DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph 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
Score0.13
Rank#345  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Score1.47
Rank#157  Overall
#73  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgnewdatabase.comtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlinwww.voltdb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspdocs.voltdb.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffMobiland AGVoltDB Inc.
Initial release2014201820092010
Current release1.1.263, October 202211.3, April 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoAGPL for Community Edition, commercial license for Enterprise, AWS, and Pro Editions
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaJava, C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)WindowsLinux
OS X infofor development
Data schemeschema-freeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)schema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesnononoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nonoyes infoonly a subset of SQL 99
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript API.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
TinkerPop 3Java API
JDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
Groovy
Java
C#
C++
Erlang infonot officially supported
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoJava
Triggersyesno, except callback-events from server when changes happenednono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneProprietary Sharding systemnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes infoRelationships in graphsno infoFOREIGN KEY constraints are not supported
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDnoACID infoTransactions are executed single-threaded within stored procedures
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesnoyes infoData access is serialized by the server
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesoptionalyes infoSnapshots and command logging
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoWindows-ProfilenoUsers and roles with access to stored procedures

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