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DBMS > GeoMesa vs. HarperDB vs. Interbase vs. LokiJS vs. Sqrrl

System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. HarperDB vs. Interbase vs. LokiJS vs. Sqrrl

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonInterbase  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonSqrrl  Xexclude from comparison
Sqrrl has been acquired by Amazon and became a part of Amazon Web Services. It has been removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.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 DBMSAdaptable, secure NoSQL built on Apache Accumulo
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Wide column store
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Score0.81
Rank#214  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#252  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score5.04
Rank#71  Overall
#39  Relational DBMS
Score0.48
Rank#262  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitewww.geomesa.orgwww.harperdb.iowww.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasegithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSsqrrl.com
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasetechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperCCRi and othersHarperDBEmbarcaderoAmazon infooriginally Sqrrl Data, Inc.
Initial release20142017198420142012
Current release4.0.5, February 20243.1, August 2021InterBase 2020, December 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercial infofree community edition availablecommercialOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageScalaNode.jsCJavaScriptJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Android
iOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Data schemeyesdynamic schemayesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoJSON data typesyesnoyes
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 infoexport as XML data possibleno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like data manipulation statementsyesnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JavaScript APIAccumulo Shell
Java API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
Supported programming languages.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
JavaScriptActionscript
C infousing GLib
C#
C++
Cocoa
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Smalltalk
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1yes infoInterbase procedure and trigger languageView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersnonoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layerA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusternonenoneSharding infomaking use of Hadoop
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layeryes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedInterbase Change Viewsnoneselectable replication factor infomaking use of Hadoop
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonoyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency infoDocument store kept consistent with combination of global timestamping, row-level transactions, and server-side consistency resolution.
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleAtomic updates per row, document, or graph entity
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMultiversion concurreny controlyes
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.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layeryesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoCell-level Security, Data-Centric Security, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC)

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