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DBMS > Hive vs. Kdb vs. LMDB vs. LokiJS vs. MaxDB

System Properties Comparison Hive vs. Kdb vs. LMDB vs. LokiJS vs. MaxDB

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NameHive  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonLMDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparison
Descriptiondata warehouse software for querying and managing large distributed datasets, built on HadoopHigh performance Time Series DBMSA high performant, light-weight, embedded key-value database libraryIn-memory JavaScript DBMSA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutions
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Key-value storeDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score59.76
Rank#18  Overall
#12  Relational DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score2.09
Rank#121  Overall
#20  Key-value stores
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Websitehive.apache.orgkx.comwww.symas.com/­symas-embedded-database-lmdbgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSmaxdb.sap.com
Technical documentationcwiki.apache.org/­confluence/­display/­Hive/­Homecode.kx.comwww.lmdb.tech/­doctechfort.github.io/­LokiJSmaxdb.sap.com/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoinitially developed by FacebookKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcSymasSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997
Initial release20122000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201120141984
Current release3.1.3, April 20223.6, May 20180.9.32, January 20247.9.10.12, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen SourceOpen Sourcecommercial infoLimited community edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaqCJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'noyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query language (q)nonoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Thrift
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
PHP
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
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.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceuser defined functionsnoView functions in JavaScriptyes
Triggersnoyes infowith viewsnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioningnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationnonenoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and rolesrights management via user accountsnonofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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HiveKdbLMDBLokiJSMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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