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System Properties Comparison Apache Jena - TDB vs. ObjectBox vs. Sphinx vs. Trafodion

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NameApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparison
Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. 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 frameworkExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databasesTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMS
Primary database modelRDF storeObject oriented DBMSSearch engineRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score3.85
Rank#86  Overall
#3  RDF stores
Score1.22
Rank#172  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score6.03
Rank#60  Overall
#6  Search engines
Websitejena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlobjectbox.iosphinxsearch.comtrafodion.apache.org
Technical documentationjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmldocs.objectbox.iosphinxsearch.com/­docstrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.html
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsObjectBox LimitedSphinx Technologies Inc.Apache Software Foundation, originally developed by HP
Initial release2000201720012014
Current release4.9.0, July 20233.5.1, February 20232.3.0, February 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License, Version 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC and C++C++C++, Java
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAndroid
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyes infoRDF Schemasyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes
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.nono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)yes
APIs and other access methodsFuseki infoREST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Proprietary native APIProprietary protocolADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaC
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonoJava Stored Procedures
Triggersyes infovia event handlernonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneonline/offline synchronization between client and servernoneyes, via HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes infovia user defined functions and HBase
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoTDB TransactionsACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess control via Jena Securityyesnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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