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DBMS > HBase vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. LokiJS vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. mSQL

System Properties Comparison HBase vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. LokiJS vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. mSQL

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NameHBase  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableA containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilityIn-memory JavaScript DBMSSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMS
Primary database modelWide column storeDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document storeSearch engineRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score3.54
Rank#84  Overall
#14  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#45  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score5.52
Rank#59  Overall
#6  Search engines
Score1.27
Rank#169  Overall
#76  Relational DBMS
Websitehbase.apache.orgwww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-irisgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchhughestech.com.au/­products/­msql
Technical documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clstechfort.github.io/­LokiJSlearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­search
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetInterSystemsMicrosoftHughes Technologies
Initial release20082018201420151994
Current release2.3.4, January 20212023.3, June 2023V14.4, October 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree licenses can be provided
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScriptC
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
AIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeschema-free, schema definition possibledepending on used data modelschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesnoyesyes
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.noyesnonono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infovia viewsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnonoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggers
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript APIRESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScriptC#
Java
JavaScript
Python
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoCoprocessors in JavayesView functions in JavaScriptnono
Triggersyesyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replicationnoneyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possiblenono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes 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.yesyesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACyesnoyes infousing Azure authenticationno
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