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DBMS > BigObject vs. eXtremeDB vs. Greenplum vs. LokiJS vs. Teradata Aster

System Properties Comparison BigObject vs. eXtremeDB vs. Greenplum vs. LokiJS vs. Teradata Aster

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NameBigObject  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonGreenplum  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata Aster  Xexclude from comparison
Teradata Aster has been integrated into other Teradata systems and therefore will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesNatively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringAnalytic 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.In-memory JavaScript DBMSPlatform for big data analytics on multistructured data sources and types
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.13
Rank#329  Overall
#147  Relational DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#100  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#46  Overall
#29  Relational DBMS
Score0.44
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
Websitebigobject.iowww.mcobject.comgreenplum.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationdocs.bigobject.iowww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmdocs.greenplum.orgtechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperBigObject, Inc.McObjectPivotal Software Inc.Teradata
Initial release20152001200520142005
Current release8.2, 20217.0.0, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community edition availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC and C++JavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free) infodefined schema within the relational store; partial schema or schema free in the Aster File Store
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes
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 infosupport of XML interfaces availableyes infosince Version 4.2noyes infoin Aster File Store
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLyesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsfluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
JavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
C
Java
Perl
Python
R
JavaScriptC
C#
C++
Java
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresLuayesyesView functions in JavaScriptR packages
Triggersnoyes infoby defining eventsyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning / shardingShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneActive Replication Fabricâ„¢ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
Source-replica replicationnoneyes infoDimension tables are replicated across all nodes in the cluster. The number of replicas for the file store can be configured.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesyesyes infoSQL Map-Reduce Framework
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyesyes
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.yesyesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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