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DBMS > BoltDB vs. LokiJS vs. Rockset vs. Teradata Aster

System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. LokiJS vs. Rockset vs. Teradata Aster

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata Aster  Xexclude from comparison
Teradata Aster has been integrated into other Teradata systems and therefore will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.In-memory JavaScript DBMSA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBPlatform for big data analytics on multistructured data sources and types
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument storeDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.76
Rank#224  Overall
#32  Key-value stores
Score0.48
Rank#262  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.84
Rank#209  Overall
#35  Document stores
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSrockset.com
Technical documentationtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperRocksetTeradata
Initial release2013201420192005
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Sourcecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageGoJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedLinux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free) infodefined schema within the relational store; partial schema or schema free in the Aster File Store
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonodynamic typingyes
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.nonono infoingestion from XML files supportedyes infoin Aster File Store
Secondary indexesnoyes infovia viewsall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIHTTP RESTADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesGoJavaScriptGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoView functions in JavaScriptnoR packages
Triggersnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneAutomatic shardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneyesyes infoDimension tables are replicated across all nodes in the cluster. The number of replicas for the file store can be configured.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnoyes infoSQL Map-Reduce Framework
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesno infoatomic operations within a single collection possiblenoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes 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.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consolefine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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