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DBMS > BoltDB vs. CockroachDB vs. jBASE vs. STSdb vs. VelocityDB

System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. CockroachDB vs. jBASE vs. STSdb vs. VelocityDB

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.CockroachDB is a distributed database architected for modern cloud applications. It is wire compatible with PostgreSQL and backed by a Key-Value Store, which is either RocksDB or a purpose-built derivative, called Pebble.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing methodA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMSKey-value storeGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
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Score0.80
Rank#215  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#357  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Score0.11
Rank#354  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.cockroachlabs.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasegithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4velocitydb.com
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9velocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperCockroach LabsRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)STS Soft SCVelocityDB Inc
Initial release20132015199120112011
Current release24.1.0, May 20245.74.0.8, September 20157.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoGoC#C#
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
WindowsAny that supports .NET
Data schemeschema-freedynamic schemaschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesoptionalyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)yes
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
.NET Client API.Net
Supported programming languagesGoC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
C#
Java
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyesnono
TriggersnonoyesnoCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning (by key range) infoall tables are translated to an ordered KV store and then broken down into 64MB ranges, which are then used as replicas in RAFTShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication using RAFTyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole-based access controlAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelnoBased on Windows Authentication

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