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DBMS > BoltDB vs. Datomic vs. GeoMesa vs. Graphite vs. InterSystems Caché

System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. Datomic vs. GeoMesa vs. Graphite vs. InterSystems Caché

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.Datomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Data logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperA multi-model DBMS and application server
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score4.57
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.datomic.comwww.geomesa.orggithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webwww.intersystems.com/­products/­cache
Technical documentationdocs.datomic.comwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlgraphite.readthedocs.iodocs.intersystems.com
DeveloperCognitectCCRi and othersChris DavisInterSystems
Initial release20132012201420061997
Current release1.0.6735, June 20234.0.5, February 20242018.1.4, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT Licensecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoJava, ClojureScalaPython
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
Unix
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesdepending on used data model
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesNumeric 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.nonononoyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonononoyes
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIHTTP API
Sockets
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesGoClojure
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoTransaction Functionsnonoyes
TriggersnoBy using transaction functionsnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersdepending on storage layernonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersdepending on storage layernoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layernoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infolockingyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentdepending on storage layeryes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagenoAccess rights for users, groups and roles

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