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DBMS > HBase vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. LokiJS vs. mSQL vs. Postgres-XL

System Properties Comparison HBase vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. LokiJS vs. mSQL vs. Postgres-XL

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NameHBase  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonPostgres-XL  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 DBMSmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSBased on PostgreSQL enhanced with MPP and write-scale-out cluster features
Primary database modelWide column storeDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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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
Score1.27
Rank#169  Overall
#76  Relational DBMS
Score0.53
Rank#254  Overall
#117  Relational DBMS
Websitehbase.apache.orgwww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-irisgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJShughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlwww.postgres-xl.org
Technical documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clstechfort.github.io/­LokiJSwww.postgres-xl.org/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetInterSystemsHughes Technologies
Initial release20082018201419942014 infosince 2012, originally named StormDB
Current release2.3.4, January 20212023.3, June 20234.4, October 202110 R1, October 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen Sourcecommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoMozilla public license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScriptCC
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
AIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Linux
macOS
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.noyesnonoyes infoXML type, but no XML query functionality
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infovia viewsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersyes infodistributed, parallel query execution
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScriptC
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Erlang
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoCoprocessors in JavayesView functions in JavaScriptnouser defined functions
Triggersyesyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnonenonehorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replicationnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynonenoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonoyes
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 possiblenoACID infoMVCC
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesnoyes
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 & ABACyesnonofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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