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System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. Apache Impala vs. Dgraph vs. LokiJS vs. Oracle Berkeley DB

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Berkeley DB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA real-time data warehousing service that can process petabytes of data with high concurrency and low latency. It is fully compatible with the MySQL protocol.Analytic DBMS for HadoopDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSIn-memory JavaScript DBMSWidely used in-process key-value store
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMSDocument storeKey-value store infosupports sorted and unsorted key sets
Native XML DBMS infoin the Oracle Berkeley DB XML version
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.77
Rank#224  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
Score15.06
Rank#39  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score1.53
Rank#164  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.52
Rank#259  Overall
#41  Document stores
Score2.80
Rank#112  Overall
#20  Key-value stores
#3  Native XML DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­analyticdb-for-mysqlimpala.apache.orgdgraph.iogithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­berkeleydb.html
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­doc-detail/­93776.htmimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldgraph.io/­docstechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.oracle.com/­cd/­E17076_05/­html/­index.html
DeveloperAlibabaApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaDgraph Labs, Inc.Oracle infooriginally developed by Sleepycat, which was acquired by Oracle
Initial release2013201620141994
Current release4.1.0, June 202218.1.40, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infocommercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC++GoJavaScriptC, Java, C++ (depending on the Berkeley DB edition)
Server operating systemshostedLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
Android
FreeBSD
iOS
Linux
OS X
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnono
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.yesnononoyes infoonly with the Berkeley DB XML edition
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnonoyes infoSQL interfaced based on SQLite is available
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
GraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesC#
Java
PHP
Python
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript.Net infoFigaro is a .Net framework assembly that extends Berkeley DB XML into an embeddable database engine for .NET
others infoThird-party libraries to manipulate Berkeley DB files are available for many languages
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js) info3rd party binding
Perl
Python
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenoView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersyesnonoyesyes infoonly for the SQL API
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardingyesnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceselectable replication factorSynchronous replication via RaftnoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReducenoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes 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.yesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosno infoPlanned for future releasesnono
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Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQLApache ImpalaDgraphLokiJSOracle Berkeley DB
Specific characteristicsA real-time data warehousing service that can process PB data with high concurrency...
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