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System Properties Comparison Apache Jena - TDB vs. Derby vs. Kingbase vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. Milvus

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NameApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonKingbase  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data Warehouse  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA RDF storage and query DBMS, shipped as an optional-use component of the Apache Jena frameworkFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.An enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with PostgreSQL and Oracle and widely used in China.Elastic, large scale data warehouse service leveraging the broad eco-system of SQL ServerA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searches
Primary database modelRDF storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Score3.62
Rank#83  Overall
#3  RDF stores
Score4.60
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score0.50
Rank#257  Overall
#119  Relational DBMS
Score19.93
Rank#31  Overall
#19  Relational DBMS
Score2.78
Rank#103  Overall
#4  Vector DBMS
Websitejena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmldb.apache.org/­derbywww.kingbase.com.cnazure.microsoft.com/­services/­synapse-analyticsmilvus.io
Technical documentationjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmldb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmldocs.microsoft.com/­azure/­synapse-analyticsmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.md
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsApache Software FoundationBeiJing KINGBASE Information technologies inc.Microsoft
Initial release20001997199920162019
Current release4.9.0, July 202310.17.1.0, November 2023V8.0, August 20212.4.4, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License, Version 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2commercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC and JavaC++C++, Go
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VMLinux
Windows
hostedLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Data schemeyes infoRDF Schemasyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesVector, Numeric and String
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.yesyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesStandard with numerous extensionsyesno
APIs and other access methodsFuseki infoREST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
JDBCADO.NET
gokb
JDBC
kdbndp
ODBC
PDI
PDO
Pro*C
psycopg2
QT
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaJava.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
C#
Java
PHP
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJava Stored Proceduresuser defined functionsTransact SQLno
Triggersyes infovia event handleryesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonehorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningSharding, horizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno infodocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­synapse-analytics/­sql-data-warehouse/­sql-data-warehouse-table-constraintsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoTDB TransactionsACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess control via Jena Securityfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesRole based access control and fine grained access rights
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Apache Jena - TDBDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDBKingbaseMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data WarehouseMilvus
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