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DBMS > Graphite vs. LokiJS vs. VelocityDB vs. YottaDB

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

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NameGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperIn-memory JavaScript DBMSA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)A fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score4.57
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.05
Rank#358  Overall
#36  Graph DBMS
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.20
Rank#317  Overall
#47  Key-value stores
Websitegithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSvelocitydb.comyottadb.com
Technical documentationgraphite.readthedocs.iotechfort.github.io/­LokiJSvelocitydb.com/­UserGuideyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperChris DavisVelocityDB IncYottaDB, LLC
Initial release2006201420112001
Current release7.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languagePythonJavaScriptC#C
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Any that supports .NETDocker
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data onlynoyesno
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 indexesnoyes infovia viewsyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
Sockets
JavaScript API.NetPostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript.NetC
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoView functions in JavaScriptno
TriggersnoyesCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACIDoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infolockingyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoBased on Windows AuthenticationUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms

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