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System Properties Comparison InterSystems IRIS vs. JanusGraph vs. jBASE vs. LokiJS vs. RocksDB

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Description

A containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalability

A Graph DBMS optimized for distributed clusters

It was forked from the latest code base of Titan in January 2017

A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middleware

In-memory JavaScript DBMS

Embeddable persistent key-value store optimized for fast storage (flash and RAM)

Primary database model

Document store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS

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Score	4.39
Rank	#81	Overall
	#13	Document stores
	#10	Key-value stores
	#1	Object oriented DBMS
	#44	Relational DBMS

Score	1.91
Rank	#135	Overall
	#12	Graph DBMS

Score	1.43
Rank	#160	Overall
	#3	Multivalue DBMS

Score	0.48
Rank	#262	Overall
	#42	Document stores

Score	4.00
Rank	#84	Overall
	#11	Key-value stores

Website

www.intersystems.com/products/intersystems-iris

janusgraph.org

www.rocketsoftware.com/products/rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/rocket-jbase

github.com/techfort/LokiJS

rocksdb.org

Technical documentation

docs.intersystems.com/irislatest/csp/docbook/DocBook.UI.Page.cls

docs.janusgraph.org

docs.rocketsoftware.com/bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9

techfort.github.io/LokiJS

github.com/facebook/rocksdb/wiki

Developer

InterSystems

Linux Foundation; originally developed as Titan by Aurelius

Rocket Software (formerly Zumasys)

Facebook, Inc.

Initial release

2018

2017

1991

2014

2013

Current release

2023.3, June 2023

0.6.3, February 2023

5.7

8.11.4, April 2024

License

Commercial or Open Source

commercial

Open Source

Apache 2.0

commercial

Open Source

BSD

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Java

JavaScript

C++

Server operating systems

AIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows

Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows

AIX
Linux
Windows

server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)

Linux

Data scheme

depending on used data model

yes

schema-free

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

optional

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

yes

Secondary indexes

yes

via views

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

Embedded SQL for jBASE in BASIC

APIs and other access methods

JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API

Java API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster

JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API

JavaScript API

C++ API
Java API

Supported programming languages

.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python

Clojure
Java
Python

.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java

JavaScript

C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

View functions in JavaScript

Triggers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

yes

depending on the used storage backend (e.g. Cassandra, HBase, BerkeleyDB)

Sharding

none

horizontal partitioning

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

Source-replica replication

yes

none

yes

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

via Faunus, a graph analytics engine

yes

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency

none

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Relationships in graphs

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

atomic operations within a single collection possible

yes

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

Supports various storage backends: Cassandra, HBase, Berkeley DB, Akiban, Hazelcast

yes

Serialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts

Access control

yes

User authentification and security via Rexster Graph Server

Access rights can be defined down to the item level

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