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DBMS > Graphite vs. JanusGraph vs. LokiJS vs. VelocityDB

System Properties Comparison Graphite vs. JanusGraph vs. LokiJS vs. VelocityDB

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NameGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonJanusGraph infosuccessor of Titan  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionData 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 2017In-memory JavaScript DBMSA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSGraph DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
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Score4.84
Rank#79  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score2.04
Rank#135  Overall
#11  Graph DBMS
Score0.52
Rank#259  Overall
#41  Document stores
Score0.08
Rank#362  Overall
#38  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webjanusgraph.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationgraphite.readthedocs.iodocs.janusgraph.orgtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperChris DavisLinux Foundation; originally developed as Titan by AureliusVelocityDB Inc
Initial release2006201720142011
Current release0.6.3, February 20237.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languagePythonJavaJavaScriptC#
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Any that supports .NET
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data onlyyesnoyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononono
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
Sockets
Java API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster
JavaScript API.Net
Supported programming languagesJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Clojure
Java
Python
JavaScript.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesView functions in JavaScriptno
TriggersnoyesyesCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes infodepending on the used storage backend (e.g. Cassandra, HBase, BerkeleyDB)noneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infovia Faunus, a graph analytics engineyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
noneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoRelationships in graphsnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infolockingyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoSupports various storage backends: Cassandra, HBase, Berkeley DB, Akiban, Hazelcastyes 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.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoUser authentification and security via Rexster Graph ServernoBased on Windows Authentication

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