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DBMS > HBase vs. LMDB vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison HBase vs. LMDB vs. LokiJS

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NameHBase  Xexclude from comparisonLMDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableA high performant, light-weight, embedded key-value database libraryIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelWide column storeKey-value storeDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score2.09
Rank#121  Overall
#20  Key-value stores
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitehbase.apache.orgwww.symas.com/­symas-embedded-database-lmdbgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlwww.lmdb.tech/­doctechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetSymas
Initial release200820112014
Current release2.3.4, January 20210.9.32, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open SourceOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageJavaCJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
Unix
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateoptions to bring your own types, AVROno
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
Secondary indexesnonoyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonono
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Nim
Objective C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Swift
Tcl
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoCoprocessors in JavanoView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
nonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
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 possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
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.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACnono

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