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System Properties Comparison DataFS vs. LokiJS vs. Solr vs. Sphinx vs. TinkerGraph

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NameDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonSolr  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAll data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.In-memory JavaScript DBMSA widely used distributed, scalable search engine based on Apache LuceneOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databasesA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMSDocument storeSearch engineSearch engineGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMSSpatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.06
Rank#354  Overall
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score42.91
Rank#24  Overall
#3  Search engines
Score5.98
Rank#56  Overall
#5  Search engines
Score0.08
Rank#348  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitenewdatabase.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSsolr.apache.orgsphinxsearch.comtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xsptechfort.github.io/­LokiJSsolr.apache.org/­resources.htmlsphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperMobiland AGApache Software FoundationSphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release20182014200620012009
Current release1.1.263, October 20229.6.0, April 20243.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaC++Java
Server operating systemsWindowsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VM inforuns as a servlet in servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty is included)FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)schema-freeyes infoDynamic Fields enables on-the-fly addition of new fieldsyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyes infosupports customizable data types and automatic typingnoyes
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesnoyes infovia viewsyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSolr Parallel SQL InterfaceSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)no
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
JavaScript APIJava API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Proprietary protocolTinkerPop 3
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
JavaScript.Net
Erlang
Java
JavaScript
any language that supports sockets and either XML or JSON
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresView functions in JavaScriptJava pluginsnono
Triggersno, except callback-events from server when changes happenedyesyes infoUser configurable commands triggered on index changesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesProprietary Sharding systemnoneShardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportednone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesspark-solr: github.com/­lucidworks/­spark-solr and streaming expressions to reducenono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleoptimistic lockingnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesno
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 infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.optional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlWindows-Profilenoyesnono

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