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System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. HBase vs. JSqlDb vs. LokiJS vs. Lovefield

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableJavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesIn-memory JavaScript DBMSEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScript
Primary database modelKey-value storeWide column storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMS
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Score0.80
Rank#215  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­bolthbase.apache.orgjsqldb.org (offline)github.com/­techfort/­LokiJSgoogle.github.io/­lovefield
Technical documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmltechfort.github.io/­LokiJSgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.md
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetKonrad von BackstromGoogle
Initial release20132008201820142014
Current release2.3.4, January 20210.8, December 20182.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache version 2Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoJavaJavaScriptJavaScript
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
macOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenooptions to bring your own types, AVROnonoyes
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 indexesnononoyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonononoSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder pattern
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesGoC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
JavaScriptJavaScriptJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoCoprocessors in Javafunctions in JavaScriptView functions in JavaScriptno
TriggersnoyesnoyesUsing read-only observers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
nonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)no infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing RocksDByes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes, 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.noyesyesyes infousing MemoryDB
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACnono

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