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System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. DataFS vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. Graphite vs. Lovefield

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.All data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.Google's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.Data 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 modelKey-value storeObject oriented DBMSKey-value store
Wide column store
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
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Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score0.06
Rank#354  Overall
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Score3.26
Rank#92  Overall
#13  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score4.57
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltnewdatabase.comcloud.google.com/­bigtablegithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webgoogle.github.io/­lovefield
Technical documentationdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docsgraphite.readthedocs.iogithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.md
DeveloperMobiland AGGoogleChris DavisGoogle
Initial release20132018201520062014
Current release1.1.263, October 20222.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicensecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageGoPythonJavaScript
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
WindowshostedLinux
Unix
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari
Data schemeschema-freeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)schema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnoNumeric 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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnonononoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonononoSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder pattern
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
HTTP API
Sockets
Supported programming languagesGo.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononono
Triggersnono, except callback-events from server when changes happenednonoUsing read-only observers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneProprietary Sharding systemShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)none
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDAtomic single-row operationsnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infolockingyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes, 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.nononoyes infousing MemoryDB
User concepts infoAccess controlnoWindows-ProfileAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)nono

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