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DBMS > Apache IoTDB vs. EJDB vs. Firebird vs. LokiJS vs. mSQL

System Properties Comparison Apache IoTDB vs. EJDB vs. Firebird vs. LokiJS vs. mSQL

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NameApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonFirebird  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn IoT native database with high performance for data management and analysis, deployable on the edge and the cloud and integrated with Hadoop, Spark and FlinkEmbeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)Firebird is an open source RDBMS forked from Borland's InterBaseIn-memory JavaScript DBMSmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMS
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score1.31
Rank#164  Overall
#14  Time Series DBMS
Score0.31
Rank#296  Overall
#44  Document stores
Score20.50
Rank#30  Overall
#18  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score1.27
Rank#169  Overall
#76  Relational DBMS
Websiteiotdb.apache.orggithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbwww.firebirdsql.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJShughestech.com.au/­products/­msql
Technical documentationiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmlgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mdwww.firebirdsql.org/­en/­reference-manualstechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperApache Software FoundationSoftmotionsFirebird FoundationHughes Technologies
Initial release201820122000 infoAs fork of Borland's InterBase20141994
Current release1.1.0, April 20235.0.0, January 20244.4, October 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2Open Source infoInitial Developer's Public LicenseOpen Sourcecommercial infofree licenses can be provided
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaCC and C++JavaScriptC
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)server-lessAIX
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
server-less infoFirebird Embedded Server
Solaris
Unix
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infostring, integer, double, bool, date, object_idyesnoyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenoyesnoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggers
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Native API
in-process shared libraryADO.NET
C/C++ API
JDBC infoJaybird
ODBC
OLE DB
JavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
Actionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScriptC
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoPSQLView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersyesnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)nonenonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasnoneSource-replica replicationnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
nonenone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono infotypically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possibleyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoRead/Write Lockingyes infoFeatures a multi-generational MVCC architecture, readers do not block writersno
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.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnoUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptnono

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