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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. openGauss vs. PostGIS

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonopenGauss  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAn enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with high-performance, high-availability and high-performance originally developed by HuaweiSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score1.06
Rank#184  Overall
#84  Relational DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitealasql.orggitee.com/­opengauss
opengauss.org
postgis.net
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.opengauss.org/­en
gitee.com/­opengauss/­docs
postgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffHuawei and openGauss community
Initial release201420192005
Current release3.0, March 20223.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC, C++, JavaC
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.nonoyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.ANSI SQL 2011yes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesuser defined functions
Triggersyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash)yes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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