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DBMS > NuoDB vs. OrientDB vs. Titan vs. VelocityDB

System Properties Comparison NuoDB vs. OrientDB vs. Titan vs. VelocityDB

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NameNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonTitan  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
Titan has been decommisioned after the takeover by Datastax. It will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking. A fork has been open-sourced as JanusGraph.
DescriptionNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)Titan is a Graph DBMS optimized for distributed clusters.A .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Graph DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score3.25
Rank#89  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#13  Key-value stores
Score0.11
Rank#354  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databaseorientdb.orggithub.com/­thinkaurelius/­titanvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationdoc.nuodb.comwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmlgithub.com/­thinkaurelius/­titan/­wikivelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.OrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPAurelius, owned by DataStaxVelocityDB Inc
Initial release2013201020122011
Current release3.2.29, March 20247.x
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache license, version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaJavaC#
Server operating systemshosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Any that supports .NET
Data schemeyesschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")yesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query language, no joinsnono
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Java API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster
.Net
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Clojure
Java
Python
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava, SQLJava, Javascriptyesno
TriggersyesHooksyesCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenShardingyes infovia pluggable storage backendsSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBMulti-source replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infocould be achieved with distributed queriesyes infovia Faunus, a graph analytics engineno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes inforelationship in graphsyes infoRelationships in graphno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infotunable commit protocolACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoMVCCyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoSupports various storage backends: Cassandra, HBase, Berkeley DB, Akiban, Hazelcastyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoTemporary tableyes
User concepts infoAccess controlStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurableUser authentification and security via Rexster Graph ServerBased on Windows Authentication

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