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System Properties Comparison Apache Jena - TDB vs. Lovefield vs. Spark SQL vs. TimesTen

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Name

Description

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

Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScript

Spark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processing

In-Memory RDBMS compatible to Oracle

Primary database model

RDF store

Relational DBMS

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Score	3.62
Rank	#83	Overall
	#3	RDF stores

Score	0.33
Rank	#286	Overall
	#131	Relational DBMS

Score	18.04
Rank	#33	Overall
	#20	Relational DBMS

Score	1.36
Rank	#161	Overall
	#75	Relational DBMS

Website

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

google.github.io/lovefield

spark.apache.org/sql

www.oracle.com/database/technologies/related/timesten.html

Technical documentation

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

github.com/google/lovefield/blob/master/docs/spec_index.md

spark.apache.org/docs/latest/sql-programming-guide.html

docs.oracle.com/database/timesten-18.1

Developer

Apache Software Foundation

originally developed by HP Labs

Google

Apache Software Foundation

Oracle, TimesTen Performance Software, HP

originally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005

Initial release

2000

2014

1998

Current release

4.9.0, July 2023

2.1.12, February 2017

3.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023

11 Release 2 (11.2.2.8.0)

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache License, Version 2.0

Open Source

Apache 2.0

Open Source

Apache 2.0

commercial

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Java

JavaScript

Scala

Server operating systems

All OS with a Java VM

server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)

tested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari

Linux
OS X
Windows

AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows

Data scheme

yes

RDF Schemas

yes

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.

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

SQL-like query language

via JavaScript builder pattern

SQL-like DML and DDL statements

yes

APIs and other access methods

Fuseki

REST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO

RDF Input/Output

JDBC
ODBC

JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)

Supported programming languages

Java

JavaScript

Java
Python
R
Scala

C
C++
Java
PL/SQL

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

PL/SQL

Triggers

yes

via event handler

Using read-only observers

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

yes, utilizing Spark Core

none

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration

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

yes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Database

yes

by means of logfiles and checkpoints

In-memory capabilities

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

yes

using MemoryDB

yes

User concepts

Access control

Access control via Jena Security

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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