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DBMS > BigObject vs. Greenplum vs. Hypertable vs. LokiJS vs. Typesense

System Properties Comparison BigObject vs. Greenplum vs. Hypertable vs. LokiJS vs. Typesense

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NameBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonGreenplum  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonTypesense  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesAnalytic Database platform built on PostgreSQL. Full name is Pivotal Greenplum Database infoA logical database in Greenplum is an array of individual PostgreSQL databases working together to present a single database image.An open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopIn-memory JavaScript DBMSA typo-tolerant, in-memory search engine optimized for instant search-as-you-type experiences and developer productivity
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedRelational DBMSWide column storeDocument storeSearch engine
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Score0.19
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score8.08
Rank#48  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.76
Rank#219  Overall
#14  Search engines
Websitebigobject.iogreenplum.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJStypesense.org
Technical documentationdocs.bigobject.iodocs.greenplum.orgtechfort.github.io/­LokiJStypesense.org/­docs
DeveloperBigObject, Inc.Pivotal Software Inc.Hypertable Inc.
Initial release20152005200920142015
Current release7.0.0, September 20230.9.8.11, March 2016
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availableOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsLinux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free infopre-defined schema optional
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnonoyes
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.noyes infosince Version 4.2no
Secondary indexesyesyesrestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesnonono
APIs and other access methodsfluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
C++ API
Thrift
JavaScript APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
Perl
Python
R
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript.Net infocommunity maintained
Clojure infocommunity maintained
Dart infocommunity maintained
Go infocommunity maintained
Java infocommunity maintained
JavaScript
Perl infocommunity maintained
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust infocommunity maintained
Swift infocommunity maintained
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresLuayesnoView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersnoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor on file system levelnoneMulti-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yesyesyes
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 controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnono

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