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DBMS > Drizzle vs. SpatiaLite vs. SQL.JS vs. TerarkDB

System Properties Comparison Drizzle vs. SpatiaLite vs. SQL.JS vs. TerarkDB

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NameDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  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.Spatial extension of SQLitePort of SQLite to JavaScriptA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score1.72
Rank#149  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Score0.57
Rank#248  Overall
#114  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#377  Overall
#58  Key-value stores
Websitewww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­indexsql.js.orggithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationwww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.htmlsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.htmlbytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerAlessandro FurieriAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release2008200820122016
Current release7.2.4, September 20125.0.0, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU GPLOpen Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1Open Sourcecommercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C++JavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
server-lessserver-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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith proprietary extensionsyesyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedno
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJavaScript APIC++ API
Java API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
PHP
JavaScriptC++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononono
Triggersno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.yesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
nonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyes
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, HTTPnonono

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