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System Properties Comparison Apache Jena - TDB vs. DataFS vs. EDB Postgres vs. MaxDB vs. TimescaleDB

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Name

Description

A RDF storage and query DBMS, shipped as an optional-use component of the Apache Jena framework

All data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.

The EDB Postgres Platform is an enterprise-class data management platform based on the open source database PostgreSQL with flexible deployment options and Oracle compatibility features, complemented by tool kits for management, integration, and migration.

A robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutions

A time series DBMS optimized for fast ingest and complex queries, based on PostgreSQL

Primary database model

Secondary database models

Graph DBMS

Document store
Spatial DBMS

Relational DBMS

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Score	2.91
Rank	#93	Overall
	#3	RDF stores

Score	0.02
Rank	#369	Overall
	#18	Object oriented DBMS

Score	1.86
Rank	#131	Overall
	#61	Relational DBMS

Score	2.15
Rank	#115	Overall
	#55	Relational DBMS

Score	4.06
Rank	#73	Overall
	#5	Time Series DBMS

Website

jena.apache.org/documentation/tdb/index.html

Technical documentation

jena.apache.org/documentation/tdb/index.html

dev.mobiland.com/Overview.xsp

www.enterprisedb.com/docs

maxdb.sap.com/documentation

docs.timescale.com

Developer

Apache Software Foundation

originally developed by HP Labs

Mobiland AG

EnterpriseDB

SAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997

Timescale

Initial release

2000

2018

2005

1984

2017

Current release

4.9.0, July 2023

1.1.263, October 2022

14, December 2021

7.9.10.12, February 2024

2.15.0, May 2024

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache License, Version 2.0

commercial

BSD for PostgreSQL-components

commercial

Limited community edition free

Open Source

Apache 2.0

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Java

C++

Server operating systems

All OS with a Java VM

Windows

Linux
Windows

AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows

Linux
OS X
Windows

Data scheme

yes

RDF Schemas

Classes, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

numerics, strings, booleans, arrays, JSON blobs, geospatial dimensions, currencies, binary data, other complex data types

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

yes

specific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.

yes

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

standard with numerous extensions

yes

full PostgreSQL SQL syntax

APIs and other access methods

Fuseki

REST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO

RDF Input/Output

.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client

ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects

ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV

ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects

Supported programming languages

Java

.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net

.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl

.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python

.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java

JDBC
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

user defined functions

realized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.

yes

user defined functions, PL/pgSQL, PL/Tcl, PL/Perl, PL/Python, PL/Java, PL/PHP, PL/R, PL/Ruby, PL/Scheme, PL/Unix shell

Triggers

yes

via event handler

no, except callback-events from server when changes happened

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

Proprietary Sharding system

horizontal partitioning

by hash, list or range

none

yes, across time and space (hash partitioning) attributes

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

Multi-source replication

Source-replica replication

Source-replica replication with hot standby and reads on replicas

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

TDB Transactions

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

yes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

User concepts

Access control

Access control via Jena Security

Windows-Profile

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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