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DBMS > GeoMesa vs. Graphite vs. JanusGraph vs. NuoDB vs. Quasardb

System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. Graphite vs. JanusGraph vs. NuoDB vs. Quasardb

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonJanusGraph infosuccessor of Titan  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Data logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperA Graph DBMS optimized for distributed clusters infoIt was forked from the latest code base of Titan in January 2017NuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMSGraph DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score4.57
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score1.94
Rank#129  Overall
#12  Graph DBMS
Score0.89
Rank#198  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.geomesa.orggithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webjanusgraph.orgwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasequasar.ai
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlgraphite.readthedocs.iodocs.janusgraph.orgdoc.nuodb.comdoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperCCRi and othersChris DavisLinux Foundation; originally developed as Titan by AureliusDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.quasardb
Initial release20142006201720132009
Current release5.0.0, May 20240.6.3, February 20233.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial infolimited edition freecommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageScalaPythonJavaC++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumeric data onlyyesyesyes infointeger and binary
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
Sockets
Java API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Clojure
Java
Python
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyesJava, SQLno
Triggersnonoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layernoneyes infodepending on the used storage backend (e.g. Cassandra, HBase, BerkeleyDB)data is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layernoneyesyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyes infovia Faunus, a graph analytics enginenowith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layernoneEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infoRelationships in graphsyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACID infotunable commit protocolACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infolockingyesyes infoMVCCyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoSupports various storage backends: Cassandra, HBase, Berkeley DB, Akiban, Hazelcastyesyes infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layeryes infoTemporary tableyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagenoUser authentification and security via Rexster Graph ServerStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail

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