DBMS > Apache Jena - TDB vs. Datomic vs. EXASOL vs. Snowflake vs. Warp 10

System Properties Comparison Apache Jena - TDB vs. Datomic vs. EXASOL vs. Snowflake vs. Warp 10

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Name

Description

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

Datomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durability

High-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.

Cloud-based data warehousing service for structured and semi-structured data

TimeSeries DBMS specialized on timestamped geo data based on LevelDB or HBase

Primary database model

RDF store

Relational DBMS

Time Series DBMS

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Score	3.62
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Score	1.66
Rank	#144	Overall
	#66	Relational DBMS

Score	1.76
Rank	#139	Overall
	#62	Relational DBMS

Score	130.36
Rank	#8	Overall
	#5	Relational DBMS

Score	0.14
Rank	#344	Overall
	#32	Time Series DBMS

Website

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

Technical documentation

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

docs.datomic.com

www.exasol.com/resources

docs.snowflake.net/manuals/index.html

www.warp10.io/content/02_Getting_started

Developer

Apache Software Foundation

originally developed by HP Labs

Cognitect

Exasol

Snowflake Computing Inc.

SenX

Initial release

2000

2012

2000

2014

2015

Current release

4.9.0, July 2023

1.0.6735, June 2023

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache License, Version 2.0

commercial

limited edition free

commercial

Open Source

Apache License 2.0

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

yes

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Implementation language

Java

Java, Clojure

Java

Server operating systems

All OS with a Java VM

hosted

Linux
OS X
Windows

Data scheme

yes

RDF Schemas

yes

support of semi-structured data formats (JSON, XML, Avro)

schema-free

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

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

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

APIs and other access methods

Fuseki

REST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO

RDF Input/Output

RESTful HTTP API

.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket

CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC

HTTP API
Jupyter
WebSocket

Supported programming languages

Java

Clojure
Java

Java
Lua
Python
R

JavaScript (Node.js)
Python

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

Transaction Functions

user defined functions

yes

WarpScript

Triggers

yes

via event handler

By using transaction functions

yes

similar concept for controling cloud resources

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

But extensive use of caching in the application peers

Sharding

yes

Sharding

based on HBase

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

But extensive use of caching in the application peers

yes

selectable replication factor

based on HBase

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

Hadoop integration

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

based on HBase

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

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

using external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)

yes

In-memory capabilities

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

yes

recommended only for testing and development

yes

User concepts

Access control

Access control via Jena Security

Access rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard

Users with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authentication

Mandatory use of cryptographic tokens, containing fine-grained authorizations

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