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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. DolphinDB vs. GeoMesa vs. Hazelcast vs. Quasardb

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDolphinDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryDolphinDB is a high performance Time Series DBMS. It is integrated with an easy-to-use fully featured programming language and a high-volume high-velocity streaming analytics system. It offers operational simplicity, scalability, fault tolerance, and concurrency.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.A widely adopted in-memory data gridDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSSpatial DBMSKey-value storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score4.03
Rank#78  Overall
#6  Time Series DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score5.46
Rank#61  Overall
#7  Key-value stores
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.dolphindb.comwww.geomesa.orghazelcast.comquasar.ai
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.dolphindb.cn/­en/­help200/­index.htmlwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlhazelcast.org/­imdg/­docsdoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffDolphinDB, IncCCRi and othersHazelcastquasardb
Initial release20142018201420082009
Current releasev2.00.4, January 20225.0.0, May 20245.3.6, November 20233.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infofree community version availableOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++ScalaJavaC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Windows
All OS with a Java VMBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes infointeger and binary
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.nononoyes infothe object must implement a serialization strategyno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like query languagenoSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
JSON over HTTP
Kafka
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
OPC DA
OPC UA
RabbitMQ
WebSocket
JCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
MatLab
Python
R
Rust
.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnoyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor Servicesno
Triggersyesnonoyes infoEventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningdepending on storage layerShardingSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesdepending on storage layeryes infoReplicated MapSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesyeswith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layerImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus AlgorithmImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageyesnoone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitedACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesdepending on storage layeryesyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAdministrators, Users, Groupsyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageRole-based access controlCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail

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