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DBMS > HBase vs. LokiJS vs. Newts vs. OrientDB vs. RRDtool

System Properties Comparison HBase vs. LokiJS vs. Newts vs. OrientDB vs. RRDtool

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NameHBase  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonRRDtool  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableIn-memory JavaScript DBMSTime Series DBMS based on CassandraMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)Industry standard data logging and graphing tool for time series data. RRD is an acronym for round-robin database. infoThe data is stored in a circular buffer, thus the system storage footprint remains constant over time.
Primary database modelWide column storeDocument storeTime Series DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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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
Score3.19
Rank#93  Overall
#16  Document stores
#7  Graph DBMS
#14  Key-value stores
Score1.87
Rank#136  Overall
#11  Time Series DBMS
Websitehbase.apache.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSopennms.github.io/­newtsorientdb.orgoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool
Technical documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmltechfort.github.io/­LokiJSgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikiwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmloss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool/­doc
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetOpenNMS GroupOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPTobias Oetiker
Initial release20082014201420101999
Current release2.3.4, January 20213.2.29, March 20241.8.0, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoGPL V2 and FLOSS
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScriptJavaJavaC infoImplementations in Java (e.g. RRD4J) and C# available
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)HP-UX
Linux
Data schemeschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeschema-freeschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")yes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateoptions to bring your own types, AVROnoyesyesNumeric data only
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 infoExporting into and restoring from XML files possible
Secondary indexesnoyes infovia viewsnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoSQL-like query language, no joinsno
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
JavaScript APIHTTP REST
Java API
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
in-process shared library
Pipes
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
JavaScriptJava.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C infowith librrd library
C# infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Java infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
JavaScript (Node.js) infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Lua
Perl
PHP infowith a wrapper library
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoCoprocessors in JavaView functions in JavaScriptnoJava, Javascriptno
TriggersyesyesnoHooksno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding infobased on CassandraShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraMulti-source replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesnono infocould be achieved with distributed queriesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
none
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes inforelationship in graphsno
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 possiblenoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoby using the rrdcached daemon
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
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACnonoAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurableno

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