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System Properties Comparison Altibase vs. GigaSpaces vs. HBase vs. LokiJS

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NameAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSHigh performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Wide column storeDocument store
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.02
Rank#189  Overall
#88  Relational DBMS
Score1.03
Rank#188  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitealtibase.comwww.gigaspaces.comhbase.apache.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualsdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmlhbase.apache.org/­book.htmltechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperAltibaseGigaspaces TechnologiesApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by Powerset
Initial release1999200020082014
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 202315.5, September 20202.3.4, January 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023Open Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++Java, C++, .NetJavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROno
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.nono infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatanono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL-92SQL-99 for query and DML statementsnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
GigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresstored procedures and stored functionsyesyes infoCoprocessors in JavaView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesyes, event driven architectureyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)no infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
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.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access controlAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACno

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