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DBMS > BoltDB vs. Graphite vs. LokiJS vs. SpaceTime vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. Graphite vs. LokiJS vs. SpaceTime vs. SwayDB

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.Data logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperIn-memory JavaScript DBMSSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.An embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelKey-value storeTime Series DBMSDocument storeSpatial DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score4.57
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#382  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltgithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.mireo.com/­spacetimeswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationgraphite.readthedocs.iotechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperChris DavisMireoSimer Plaha
Initial release20132006201420202018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoPythonJavaScriptC++Scala
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Unix
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoNumeric data onlynoyesno
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 viewsnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoA subset of ANSI SQL is implementedno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
Sockets
JavaScript APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesGoJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScriptC#
C++
Python
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoView functions in JavaScriptnono
Triggersnonoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenoneFixed-grid hypercubesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenonenoneReal-time block device replication (DRBD)none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenonenoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnono infoatomic operations within a single collection possiblenoAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infolockingyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnononoyesno

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