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Show HN: ArangoDB – A distributed open-source multi-model NoSQL DB

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Post by matts9581 » Fri, Oct 31, 2014, 2:54 PM UTC

Show HN: ArangoDB – A distributed open-source multi-model NoSQL DB
arangodb.com

Re: Show HN: ArangoDB – A distributed open-source multi-model NoSQL DB

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Post by ethanjones » Fri, Oct 31, 2014, 3:07 PM UTC

Nice feature set. But why do I have to learn a new query language again?

Re: Show HN: ArangoDB – A distributed open-source multi-model NoSQL DB

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Post by ifcologne » Fri, Oct 31, 2014, 3:31 PM UTC

ethanjones wrote: post #2

Nice feature set. But why do I have to learn a new query language again?

Have a look at some examples, it's quite similar to SQL / UNQL.

Re: Show HN: ArangoDB – A distributed open-source multi-model NoSQL DB

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Post by kolev » Fri, Oct 31, 2014, 7:23 PM UTC

You can install easily via:

    brew install arrangodb

Here's a nice overview of the features [1] and also comparison with others [2] (although it's pretty outdated). Some benchmarking here [3] as well.

[1] https://www.arangodb.com/key-features

[2] https://www.arangodb.com/2012/11/13/comparing-arangodb-with-...

[3] https://www.arangodb.com/performance

Re: Show HN: ArangoDB – A distributed open-source multi-model NoSQL DB

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Post by phpnode » Fri, Oct 31, 2014, 8:31 PM UTC

ethanjones wrote: post #2

Nice feature set. But why do I have to learn a new query language again?

Because it's a graph database so it doesn't really fit naturally with SQL.

Competitors like OrientDB use something that's nearly SQL but not quite, and it's the discrepancies between the two that catch you out. Arango's query language is pretty nice when you get used to it.

The one criticism I have of Arango is that they're doing a lot of wheel reinvention with foxx, when I think they'd be a lot better off leveraging more of the node ecosystem.

Re: Show HN: ArangoDB – A distributed open-source multi-model NoSQL DB

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Post by notastartup » Fri, Oct 31, 2014, 8:35 PM UTC

I gave it a try earlier this year.

Fantastic stuff, I hope it really takes off.

Re: Show HN: ArangoDB – A distributed open-source multi-model NoSQL DB

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Post by lucas_dohmen » Mon, Nov 03, 2014, 10:43 AM UTC

phpnode wrote: post #5

ethanjones wrote: post #2

Nice feature set. But why do I have to learn a new query language again?

Because it's a graph database so it doesn't really fit naturally with SQL. Competitors like OrientDB use something that's nearly SQL but not quite, and it's the discrepancies between the two that catch you out. Arango's query language is pretty nice when you get used to it. The one criticism I have of Arango is that they're doing a lot of wheel reinvention with foxx, when I think they'd be a lot better off leveraging…

phpnode is talking about a long discussion we had about that topic – if you are interested in the reasoning, read here: https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=de#!searchin/arangodb/No...