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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. Graphite vs. Lovefield

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. Graphite vs. Lovefield

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScript
Primary database modelDocument storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.86
Rank#240  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score5.46
Rank#75  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Score0.64
Rank#268  Overall
#122  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comgithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webgoogle.github.io/­lovefield
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestgraphite.readthedocs.iogithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.md
DeveloperChris DavisGoogle
Initial release201620062014
Current release2.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languagePythonPythonJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
Unix
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari
Data schemeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoNumeric data onlyyes
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 indexesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder pattern
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
Sockets
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono
TriggersnoUsing read-only observers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infolockingyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Database
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infousing MemoryDB
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnono

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