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System Properties Comparison HBase vs. LokiJS vs. Newts vs. ObjectBox vs. Quasardb

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NameHBase  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableIn-memory JavaScript DBMSTime Series DBMS based on CassandraExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelWide column storeDocument storeTime Series DBMSObject oriented DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Websitehbase.apache.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSopennms.github.io/­newtsobjectbox.ioquasar.ai
Technical documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmltechfort.github.io/­LokiJSgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikidocs.objectbox.iodoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetOpenNMS GroupObjectBox Limitedquasardb
Initial release20082014201420172009
Current release2.3.4, January 20213.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScriptJavaC and C++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateoptions to bring your own types, AVROnoyesyesyes infointeger and binary
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnoyes infovia viewsnoyesyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonononoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
JavaScript APIHTTP REST
Java API
Proprietary native APIHTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
JavaScriptJavaC
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoCoprocessors in JavaView functions in JavaScriptnonono
Triggersyesyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding infobased on CassandranoneSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandraonline/offline synchronization between client and serverSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesnonowith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)no infoatomic operations within a single collection possiblenoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.yesyesyes infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnonoyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACnonoyesCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail
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