Graphical databases ?

Fri Oct 11 09:05:52 UTC 2019

Hello Craig,

although I think we’re slightly off topic here, please be aware that neo4j is not a graphical database (eg. it doesn’t aim to be gui-driven), but a *graph* one: this characteristic tells you about the paradigm the db engine uses to organize and indicize data; it’s just another flavour, the others being - for example - relational and document databases.

Operationally wise is quite hassle free, also has an integrated backup tool which does its job; being a java application it consumes a fair amount of ram just to run :-)…it uses lucene under the hood (just as elasticsearch does), so memory wise you should take dataset size into account and plan accordingly. Our dataset is very small so I can’t be very helpful on this matter. Runs nicely in docker and there’s also an official image.

I use it for outside plant documentation, for me does its job definitely better than an excel file, but it’s not so user friendly: the data visualization tool does its job but feels more a PoC than a mature application, and it’s read only…so for data entry you have to manually write queries. I’m looking to integrate it with a proper GIS solution in the future.

TL;DR: it’s fine if you want to use it as a database for your application, but it’s not a complete application by itself (even if the integrated data visualization tool does its job pretty well). Operationally wise is a piece of cake, also runs nicely in docker.

Regards
Simone

> Il giorno 11 ott 2019, alle ore 04:14, Craig <cvuljanic at gmail.com> ha scritto:
> 
> Has anyone used the graphical data base software:
> https://neo4j.com/ <https://neo4j.com/>
> 
> I looked at this software several years ago, but it will still relatively new. 
> We are exploring using this to create dependencies of our network infrastructure hardware, customer information, etc. etc. 
> 
> here is an example:
> https://neo4j.com/graphgist/network-dependency-graph <https://neo4j.com/graphgist/network-dependency-graph>
> 
> For those that have used it:
> Has anyone been able to successfully use this for their networks? 
> pros/cons/good/bad
> 
> Is maintaining the data a chore? 
> Has it helped operationally?
> 
> if anyone has any input would appreciate hearing from you;
> 
> thanks;
> 
> CPV

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