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DBMS > Datastax Enterprise vs. LokiJS vs. Oracle Rdb vs. Trafodion vs. Vitess

System Properties Comparison Datastax Enterprise vs. LokiJS vs. Oracle Rdb vs. Trafodion vs. Vitess

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NameDatastax Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparisonVitess  Xexclude from comparison
Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionDataStax Enterprise (DSE) is the always-on, scalable data platform built on Apache Cassandra and designed for hybrid Cloud. DSE integrates graph, search, analytics, administration, developer tooling, and monitoring into a unified platform.In-memory JavaScript DBMSTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMSScalable, distributed, cloud-native DBMS, extending MySQL
Primary database modelWide column storeDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Vector DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
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Score5.93
Rank#56  Overall
#4  Wide column stores
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score1.14
Rank#178  Overall
#80  Relational DBMS
Score0.88
Rank#203  Overall
#95  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.datastax.com/­products/­datastax-enterprisegithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmltrafodion.apache.orgvitess.io
Technical documentationdocs.datastax.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.htmltrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.htmlvitess.io/­docs
DeveloperDataStaxOracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)Apache Software Foundation, originally developed by HPThe Linux Foundation, PlanetScale
Initial release20112014198420142013
Current release6.8, April 20207.4.1.1, 20212.3.0, February 201915.0.2, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScriptC++, JavaGo
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)HP Open VMSLinuxDocker
Linux
macOS
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyes infovia viewsyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL); Spark SQLnoyesyesyes infowith proprietary extensions
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language)
TinkerPop Gremlin infowith DSE Graph
JavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
MySQL protocol
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScriptAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetAda
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoView functions in JavaScriptJava Stored Proceduresyes infoproprietary syntax
Triggersyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infono "single point of failure"noneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesconfigurable replication factor, datacenter aware, advanced replication for edge computingnoneyes, via HBaseMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesnoyes infovia user defined functions and HBaseno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency infoconsistency level can be individually decided with each write operation
noneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency across shards
Immediate Consistency within a shard
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyesyes infonot for MyISAM storage engine
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleyes, on a single nodeACIDACID at shard level
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infotable locks or row locks depending on storage engine
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.yesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per objectnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers with fine-grained authorization concept infono user groups or roles
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Specific characteristicsDataStax Enterprise is scale-out data infrastructure for enterprises that need to...
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Competitive advantagesSupporting the following application requirements: Zero downtime - Built on Apache...
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Typical application scenariosApplications that must be massively and linearly scalable with 100% uptime and able...
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Key customersCapital One, Cisco, Comcast, eBay, McDonald's, Microsoft, Safeway, Sony, UBS, and...
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Market metricsAmong the Forbes 100 Most Innovative Companies, DataStax is trusted by 5 of the top...
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Licensing and pricing modelsAnnual subscription
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