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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. HBase vs. LokiJS vs. RRDtool vs. WakandaDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. HBase vs. LokiJS vs. RRDtool vs. WakandaDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonRRDtool  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableIn-memory JavaScript DBMSIndustry standard data logging and graphing tool for time series data. RRD is an acronym for round-robin database. infoThe data is stored in a circular buffer, thus the system storage footprint remains constant over time.WakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Wide column storeDocument storeTime Series DBMSObject oriented DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score1.87
Rank#136  Overall
#11  Time Series DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#364  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Websitealasql.orghbase.apache.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtoolwakanda.github.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlhbase.apache.org/­book.htmltechfort.github.io/­LokiJSoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool/­docwakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetTobias OetikerWakanda SAS
Initial release20142008201419992012
Current release2.3.4, January 20211.8.0, 20222.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache version 2Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL V2 and FLOSSOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaJavaScriptC infoImplementations in Java (e.g. RRD4J) and C# availableC++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)HP-UX
Linux
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenooptions to bring your own types, AVROnoNumeric data onlyyes
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.nononono infoExporting into and restoring from XML files possibleno
Secondary indexesnonoyes infovia viewsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nononono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
JavaScript APIin-process shared library
Pipes
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
JavaScriptC infowith librrd library
C# infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Java infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
JavaScript (Node.js) infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Lua
Perl
PHP infowith a wrapper library
Python
Ruby
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoCoprocessors in JavaView functions in JavaScriptnoyes
Triggersyesyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
nonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencynonenoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)no infoatomic operations within a single collection possiblenoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoby using the rrdcached daemonyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACnonoyes

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