What is ActorDB?
ActorDB is a distributed SQL database...
with the scalability of a KV store, while keeping the query capabilities of a relational database. ActorDB is ideal as a server side database for apps.
ActorDB is a tool in the Databases category of a tech stack.
ActorDB is an open source tool with 1.9K GitHub stars and 72 GitHub forks. Here’s a link to ActorDB's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses ActorDB?
Developers
ActorDB's Features
- Complete horizontal scalability. All nodes are equivalent and you can have as many nodes as you need.
- Full featured ACID database.
- Suitable for very large datasets over many actors and servers.
- No special drivers needed. Use the mysql driver of your language of choice.
- Easy to configure and administer.
- No global locks. Only the actors (one or many) involved in a transaction are locked during a write. All other actors are unaffected.
- Uses stable reliable SQL and storage engines: SQLite on top of LMDB.
- Inherits SQLite features like JSON support and common table expressions.
ActorDB Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to ActorDB?
MySQL
The MySQL software delivers a very fast, multi-threaded, multi-user, and robust SQL (Structured Query Language) database server. MySQL Server is intended for mission-critical, heavy-load production systems as well as for embedding into mass-deployed software.
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system
that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including
transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types
and functions.
MongoDB
MongoDB stores data in JSON-like documents that can vary in structure, offering a dynamic, flexible schema. MongoDB was also designed for high availability and scalability, with built-in replication and auto-sharding.
Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft® SQL Server is a database management and analysis system for e-commerce, line-of-business, and data warehousing solutions.
SQLite
SQLite is an embedded SQL database engine. Unlike most other SQL databases, SQLite does not have a separate server process. SQLite reads and writes directly to ordinary disk files. A complete SQL database with multiple tables, indices, triggers, and views, is contained in a single disk file.