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DBMS > BoltDB vs. Ehcache vs. Heroic vs. LokiJS vs. SQL.JS

System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. Ehcache vs. Heroic vs. LokiJS vs. SQL.JS

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.A widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsTime Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchIn-memory JavaScript DBMSPort of SQLite to JavaScript
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value storeTime Series DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.51
Rank#255  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.53
Rank#252  Overall
#116  Relational DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.ehcache.orggithub.com/­spotify/­heroicgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSsql.js.org
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationspotify.github.io/­heroictechfort.github.io/­LokiJSsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGSpotifyAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by others
Initial release20132009201420142012
Current release3.10.0, March 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoJavaJavaJavaScriptJavaScript
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesnoyes
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 indexesnonoyes infovia Elasticsearchyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonononoyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supported
APIs and other access methodsJCacheHQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
JavaScript APIJavaScript API
Supported programming languagesGoJavaJavaScriptJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersnoyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoby using Terracotta Serveryesnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
nonenone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.no infoexcept by serializing a db to a file
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnononono

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