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DBMS > Drizzle vs. HugeGraph vs. Kdb vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison Drizzle vs. HugeGraph vs. Kdb vs. LokiJS

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NameDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  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.A fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSHigh performance Time Series DBMSIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.13
Rank#336  Overall
#32  Graph DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitegithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
kx.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationhugegraph.apache.org/­docscode.kx.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerBaiduKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plc
Initial release200820182000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032014
Current release7.2.4, September 20120.93.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU GPLOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaqJavaScript
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linux
macOS
Unix
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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.noyesno
Secondary indexesyesyes infoalso supports composite index and range indexyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith proprietary extensionsnoSQL-like query language (q)no
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJava API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
PHP
Groovy
Java
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoasynchronous Gremlin script jobsuser defined functionsView functions in JavaScript
Triggersno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.noyes infowith viewsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBasehorizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnovia hugegraph-sparkno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infoedges in graphyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnono infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes 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, HTTPUsers, roles and permissionsrights management via user accountsno
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Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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