DBMS > JanusGraph vs. jBASE vs. NSDb vs. RocksDB

System Properties Comparison JanusGraph vs. jBASE vs. NSDb vs. RocksDB

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Name

Description

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

Scalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of Kubernetes

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

Primary database model

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Score	1.94
Rank	#129	Overall
	#12	Graph DBMS

Score	1.41
Rank	#159	Overall
	#3	Multivalue DBMS

Score	0.00
Rank	#383	Overall
	#41	Time Series DBMS

Score	3.65
Rank	#85	Overall
	#11	Key-value stores

Website

janusgraph.org

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

nsdb.io

rocksdb.org

Technical documentation

docs.janusgraph.org

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

nsdb.io/Architecture

github.com/facebook/rocksdb/wiki

Developer

Linux Foundation; originally developed as Titan by Aurelius

Rocket Software (formerly Zumasys)

Facebook, Inc.

Initial release

2017

1991

2017

2013

Current release

0.6.3, February 2023

5.7

9.2.1, May 2024

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache 2.0

commercial

Open Source

Apache Version 2.0

Open Source

BSD

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Java

Java, Scala

C++

Server operating systems

Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows

AIX
Linux
Windows

Linux
macOS

Linux

Data scheme

yes

schema-free

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

optional

yes: int, bigint, decimal, string

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

all fields are automatically indexed

SQL

Support of SQL

Embedded SQL for jBASE in BASIC

SQL-like query language

APIs and other access methods

Java API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster

JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API

gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket

C++ API
Java API

Supported programming languages

Clojure
Java
Python

.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java

Java
Scala

C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

Triggers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

yes

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

Sharding

horizontal partitioning

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

yes

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

via Faunus, a graph analytics engine

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency

Eventual Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Relationships in graphs

Transaction concepts

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

ACID

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

Using Apache Lucene

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

User authentification and security via Rexster Graph Server

Access rights can be defined down to the item level

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