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	Show HN: ArangoDB – A distributed open-source multi-model NoSQL DB (arangodb.com)
	35 points by matts9581 4246 days ago

3 comments

kolev 4245 days ago

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Here's a nice overview of the features [1] and also comparison with others [2] (although it's pretty outdated).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

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ethanjones 4246 days ago

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

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phpnode 4245 days ago

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.

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lucas_dohmen 4243 days ago

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...

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ifcologne 4246 days ago

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

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notastartup 4245 days ago

I gave it a try earlier this year.

Fantastic stuff, I hope it really takes off.

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