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System Properties Comparison Apache Jena - TDB vs. HarperDB vs. Hypertable vs. Sphinx

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NameApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionA RDF storage and query DBMS, shipped as an optional-use component of the Apache Jena frameworkUltra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.An open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelRDF storeDocument storeWide column storeSearch engine
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Score3.62
Rank#83  Overall
#3  RDF stores
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score5.95
Rank#55  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websitejena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlwww.harperdb.iosphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmldocs.harperdb.io/­docssphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsHarperDBHypertable Inc.Sphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release2000201720092001
Current release4.9.0, July 20233.1, August 20210.9.8.11, March 20163.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License, Version 2.0commercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availableOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaNode.jsC++C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Linux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyes infoRDF Schemasdynamic schemaschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoJSON data typesnono
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.no
Secondary indexesyesyesrestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like data manipulation statementsnoSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methodsFuseki infoREST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
C++ API
Thrift
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesCustom Functions infosince release 3.1nono
Triggersyes infovia event handlernonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterShardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedselectable replication factor on file system levelnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoTDB TransactionsAtomic execution of specific operationsnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using LMDByesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess control via Jena SecurityAccess rights for users and rolesnono

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