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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. BigObject vs. dBASE vs. Kyligence Enterprise vs. RDFox

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonBigObject  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonKyligence Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageAnalytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesdBase was one of the first databases with a development environment on PC's. Its latest version dBase V is still sold as dBase classic, which needs a DOS Emulation. The up-to-date product is dBase plus.A distributed analytics engine for big data, built on top of Apache KylinHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engine
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score0.19
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score9.70
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#266  Overall
#124  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#300  Overall
#24  Graph DBMS
#13  RDF stores
Websitedrill.apache.orgbigobject.iowww.dbase.comkyligence.io/­kyligence-enterprisewww.oxfordsemantic.tech
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.bigobject.iowww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasedocs.oxfordsemantic.tech
DeveloperApache Software FoundationBigObject, Inc.Asthon TateKyligence, Inc.Oxford Semantic Technologies
Initial release20122015197920162017
Current release1.20.3, January 2023dBASE 2019, 20196.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial infofree community edition availablecommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
DOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
LinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesyes infoRDF schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoANSI SQL for queries (using Apache Calcite)no
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
fluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
none infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
Supported programming languagesC++dBase proprietary IDEC
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsLuano infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenonereplication via a shared file system
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonono infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourceyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourcenoAccess rights for users and rolesRoles, resources, and access types

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