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DBMS > Apache Jena - TDB vs. Firebird vs. GBase vs. JSqlDb vs. TimescaleDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Jena - TDB vs. Firebird vs. GBase vs. JSqlDb vs. TimescaleDB

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NameApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonFirebird  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonTimescaleDB  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionA RDF storage and query DBMS, shipped as an optional-use component of the Apache Jena frameworkFirebird is an open source RDBMS forked from Borland's InterBaseWidely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.JavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesA time series DBMS optimized for fast ingest and complex queries, based on PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRDF storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score3.75
Rank#84  Overall
#3  RDF stores
Score20.82
Rank#30  Overall
#18  Relational DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#185  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score4.64
Rank#71  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Websitejena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlwww.firebirdsql.orgwww.gbase.cnjsqldb.org (offline)www.timescale.com
Technical documentationjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlwww.firebirdsql.org/­en/­reference-manualsdocs.timescale.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsFirebird FoundationGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.Konrad von BackstromTimescale
Initial release20002000 infoAs fork of Borland's InterBase200420182017
Current release4.9.0, July 20235.0.0, January 2024GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c0.8, December 20182.13.0, November 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License, Version 2.0Open Source infoInitial Developer's Public LicensecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC and C++C, Java, PythonC
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAIX
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
server-less infoFirebird Embedded Server
Solaris
Unix
Windows
LinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyes infoRDF Schemasyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnonumerics, strings, booleans, arrays, JSON blobs, geospatial dimensions, currencies, binary data, other complex data types
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.yesnoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesStandard with numerous extensionsnoyes infofull PostgreSQL SQL syntax
APIs and other access methodsFuseki infoREST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
ADO.NET
C/C++ API
JDBC infoJaybird
ODBC
OLE DB
ADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Supported programming languagesJavaC
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#JavaScript.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesPSQLuser defined functionsfunctions in JavaScriptuser defined functions, PL/pgSQL, PL/Tcl, PL/Perl, PL/Python, PL/Java, PL/PHP, PL/R, PL/Ruby, PL/Scheme, PL/Unix shell
Triggersyes infovia event handleryesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonehorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningnoneyes, across time and space (hash partitioning) attributes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationyesnoneSource-replica replication with hot standby and reads on replicas info
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoTDB TransactionsACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoFeatures a multi-generational MVCC architecture, readers do not block writersyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infousing RocksDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.no
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess control via Jena SecurityUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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