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DBMS > Apache Kylin vs. LokiJS vs. PostGIS

System Properties Comparison Apache Kylin vs. LokiJS vs. PostGIS

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NameApache Kylin  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA distributed analytics engine for big data, providing a SQL interface and multi-dimensional analysis (OLAP) and leveraging the Hadoop stackIn-memory JavaScript DBMSSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score1.18
Rank#172  Overall
#79  Relational DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitekylin.apache.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSpostgis.net
Technical documentationkylin.apache.org/­docstechfort.github.io/­LokiJSpostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software Foundation, originally contributed from eBay Inc
Initial release201520142005
Current release3.1.0, July 20203.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScriptC
Server operating systemsLinuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyes
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.nonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL for queries (using Apache Calcite)noyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresView functions in JavaScriptuser defined functions
Triggersyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes 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.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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