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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Ehcache vs. LokiJS vs. OpenEdge vs. Tarantool

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparisonTarantool  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsIn-memory JavaScript DBMSApplication development environment with integrated database management systemIn-memory computing platform with a flexible data schema for efficiently building high-performance applications
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith Tarantool/GIS extension
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
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
Score3.45
Rank#85  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Score1.67
Rank#143  Overall
#25  Document stores
#25  Key-value stores
#65  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.ehcache.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.progress.com/­openedgewww.tarantool.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.ehcache.org/­documentationtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latestwww.tarantool.io/­en/­doc
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGProgress Software CorporationVK
Initial release20142009201419842008
Current release3.10.0, March 2022OpenEdge 12.2, March 20202.10.0, May 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen SourcecommercialOpen Source infoBSD-2, source-available extensions (modules), commercial licenses for Tarantool Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaJavaScriptC and C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
BSD
Linux
macOS
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyesFlexible data schema: relational definition for tables with ability to store json-like documents in columns
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnoyesstring, double, decimal, uuid, integer, blob, boolean, datetime
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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesnonoyes infovia viewsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nonoyes infoclose to SQL 92Full-featured ANSI SQL support
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJCacheJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
Open binary protocol
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaJavaScriptProgress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)C
C#
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoView functions in JavaScriptyesLua, C and SQL stored procedures
Triggersyesyes infoCache Event Listenersyesyesyes, before/after data modification events, on replication events, client session events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoby using Terracotta Servernonehorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4Sharding, partitioned with virtual buckets by user defined affinity key. Live resharding for scale up and scale down without maintenance downtime.
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoby using Terracotta ServernoneSource-replica replicationAsynchronous replication with multi-master option
Configurable replication topology (full-mesh, chain, star)
Synchronous quorum replication (with Raft)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)noneImmediate ConsistencyCasual consistency across sharding partitions
Eventual consistency within replicaset partition infowhen using asyncronous replication
Immediate Consistency within single instance
Sequential consistency including linearizable read within replicaset partition infowhen using Raft
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesyes
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 resourceno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACIDACID, with serializable isolation and linearizable read (within partition); Configurable MVCC (within partition); No cross-shard distributed transactions
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, cooperative multitasking
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyes, write ahead logging
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesnoyes, full featured in-memory storage engine with persistence
User concepts infoAccess controlnononoUsers and groupsAccess Control Lists
Mutual TLS authentication for Tarantol Enterprise
Password based authentication
Role-based access control (RBAC) and LDAP for Tarantol Enterprise
Users and Roles

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