Blazegraph is an open-source graph database system written in Java. Blazegraph is supported for use on a standalone server, as well as a highly available (HA) replication cluster. ACID properties are fully supported in both use cases. Blazegraph makes use of multi-version concurrency control (MVCC). As a graph database, Blazegraph is optimal for storing and querying linked data. Blazegraph uses RDF and RDR as the standards for the data model.[03]
- Source Code
- https://github.com/blazegraph/database[02]
- Developer
- Country of Origin
- US
- Start Year
- 2006 [16]
- Former Name
- Bigdata
- Project Types
- Commercial, Open Source
- Written in
- Java
- Inspired By
- Cloud BigTable
- License
- GPL v2
Blazegraph is an open-source graph database system written in Java. Blazegraph is supported for use on a standalone server, as well as a highly available (HA) replication cluster. ACID properties are fully supported in both use cases. Blazegraph makes use of multi-version concurrency control (MVCC). As a graph database, Blazegraph is optimal for storing and querying linked data. Blazegraph uses RDF and RDR as the standards for the data model.[03]
History[02][04][05]
Blazegraph, formerly known as Bigdata, was released in August of 2016. Its former version, Bigdata, was released in February of 2015. Blazegraph was announced as SYSTAP, LLC's flagship product. Blazegraph is still supported as of December 2018. SYSTAP, LLC received funding from DARPA to develop the GPU-acceleration feature of Blazegraph. Blazegraph has been used as part of commercial applications in addition to being resold by various OEM companies.
Checkpoints[06]
Due to the multiversion concurrency control (MVCC) architecture, read-only operations never block.
Concurrency Control[07]
Blazegraph supports transactions. Blazegraph uses Multi-Version Concurrency Control (MVCC), which can be viewed as a version of Optimistic Concurrency Control (OCC).
Data Model[03]
Blazegraph functions as a triplestore (RDF) and graph database. As a graph database, Blazegraph uses a graph structure of nodes and edges to represent data. Blazegraph also supports the triplestore (RDF) data model, which can be viewed as a specialized version of graph databases that is optimized for storing and retrieving triples.
Indexes[10]
Blazegraph uses B+ trees in its architecture. Keys and values are both implemented as byte arrays. Blazegraph provides an interface for both single-machine and scale-out B+ trees. Use of this interface requires the user to manage concurrency control.
Isolation Levels[11]
Blazegraph uses snapshot isolation. Read-only transactions are always supported and returns a fully consistent view of the database state as of the user-specified commit point. Read-write transactions buffer writes on isolated indices and commit only if the write set has been validated.
Joins[12]
Blazegraph supports both nested index joins (referred to as pipelined joins) and hash joins. Nested index joins are considered to be "zero investment" joins when used for an RDF (triplestore) database. Hash joins are built dynamically during query evaluation. Blazegraph supports hash join operators that run on JVM heap, as well as hash join operators that run on the native process heap. The former is more appropriate for lower volumes of data, while the latter is more appropriate for higher volumes.
Query Execution[13][06]
Blazegraph uses a vectorized query execution model that supports concurrency at the operator level and query plan level.
Query Interface[14]
Blazegraph's query interface aligns with SPARQL standards. Note that SPARQL semantics uses a sequential approach in join operations. Blazegraph may reorder join groups in order to minimize query time.
Citations
16 sources- https://www.blazegraph.com blazegraph.com
- GitHub - blazegraph/database: Blazegraph High Performance Graph Database · GitHub github.com
- https://wiki.blazegraph.com/wiki/index.php/Concepts blazegraph.com
- Blazegraph - Bloor Research bloorresearch.com
- Bigdata - Semantic Web Standards w3.org
- Google Sheets: Sign-in google.com
- https://wiki.blazegraph.com/wiki/index.php/TxGuide blazegraph.com
- 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable blazegraph.com
- https://wiki.blazegraph.com/wiki/index.php/Roadmap#Accelerating_Features blazegraph.com
- https://wiki.blazegraph.com/wiki/index.php/BTreeGuide blazegraph.com
- https://wiki.blazegraph.com/wiki/index.php/TxGuide#Kinds_of_transactions blazegraph.com
- https://wiki.blazegraph.com/wiki/index.php/QueryEvaluation#Joins blazegraph.com
- https://www.blazegraph.com/whitepapers/bigdata_architecture_whitepaper.pdf blazegraph.com
- https://wiki.blazegraph.com/wiki/index.php/SPARQL_Order_Matters blazegraph.com
- https://www.blazegraph.com/whitepapers/semtech_ha_deck.pdf blazegraph.com
- https://wiki.blazegraph.com/wiki/index.php/About_Blazegraph blazegraph.com