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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Ehcache vs. Hypertable vs. LokiJS vs. Splunk

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Ehcache vs. Hypertable vs. LokiJS vs. Splunk

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsAn open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopIn-memory JavaScript DBMSAnalytics Platform for Big Data
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeWide column storeDocument storeSearch engine
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score89.10
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Search engines
Websitealasql.orgwww.ehcache.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.splunk.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.ehcache.org/­documentationtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunk
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGHypertable Inc.Splunk Inc.
Initial release20142009200920142003
Current release3.10.0, March 20220.9.8.11, March 2016
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availableOpen Sourcecommercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaC++JavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnonoyes
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
Secondary indexesnonorestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nononono infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commands
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJCacheC++ API
Thrift
JavaScript APIHTTP REST
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaC++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScriptC#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoView functions in JavaScriptyes
Triggersyesyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoby using Terracotta Serverselectable replication factor on file system levelnoneMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleno infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searching
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnonononoAccess rights for users and roles

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