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DBMS > Drizzle vs. HarperDB vs. Interbase vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison Drizzle vs. HarperDB vs. Interbase vs. LokiJS

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NameDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonInterbase  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.Light-weight proven RDBMS infooriginally from BorlandIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score4.61
Rank#72  Overall
#39  Relational DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitewww.harperdb.iowww.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasegithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasetechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerHarperDBEmbarcadero
Initial release2008201719842014
Current release7.2.4, September 20123.1, August 2021InterBase 2020, December 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU GPLcommercial infofree community edition availablecommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++Node.jsCJavaScript
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linux
OS X
Android
iOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesdynamic schemayesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoJSON data typesyesno
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.nono infoexport as XML data possibleno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith proprietary extensionsSQL-like data manipulation statementsyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
PHP
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Object Pascal
PHP
Ruby
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1yes infoInterbase procedure and trigger languageView functions in JavaScript
Triggersno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.noyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusternonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedInterbase Change Viewsnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMultiversion concurreny control
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using LMDByesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno

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