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DBMS > BoltDB vs. RocksDB vs. YDB vs. YottaDB

System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. RocksDB vs. YDB vs. YottaDB

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonRocksDB  Xexclude from comparisonYDB  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.Embeddable persistent key-value store optimized for fast storage (flash and RAM)A distributed fault-tolerant database service, with high availability, scalability, immediate consistency and ACID transactions and providing an Amazon DynamoDB compatible APIA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value storeDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
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Score0.70
Rank#225  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score2.84
Rank#97  Overall
#16  Key-value stores
Score0.39
Rank#269  Overall
#43  Document stores
#126  Relational DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#309  Overall
#43  Key-value stores
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltrocksdb.orggithub.com/­ydb-platform/­ydb
ydb.tech
yottadb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­facebook/­rocksdb/­wikiydb.tech/­en/­docsyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperFacebook, Inc.YandexYottaDB, LLC
Initial release2013201320192001
Current release9.4.0, June 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoBSDOpen Source infoApache 2.0; commercial license availableOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageGoC++C
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinuxDocker
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyesno
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnonoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query language (YQL)by using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsC++ API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)PostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesGoC
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono
Triggersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesActive-passive shard replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesyesACIDoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoAccess rights defined for Yandex Cloud usersUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms

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