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DBMS > Apache Spark (SQL) vs. Graphite vs. RDFox

System Properties Comparison Apache Spark (SQL) vs. Graphite vs. RDFox

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NameApache Spark (SQL)  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApache Spark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engine
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score18.45
Rank#31  Overall
#19  Relational DBMS
Score4.38
Rank#63  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Score0.20
Rank#305  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#14  RDF stores
Websitespark.apache.org/­sqlgithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webwww.oxfordsemantic.tech
Technical documentationspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmlgraphite.readthedocs.iodocs.oxfordsemantic.tech
DeveloperApache Software FoundationChris DavisOxford Semantic Technologies
Initial release201420062017
Current release3.5.0 ( 2.13), September 20236.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageScalaPythonC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyes infoRDF schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumeric data onlyyes
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 indexesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
Sockets
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
R
Scala
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono
Triggersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, utilizing Spark Corenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenonereplication via a shared file system
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infolocking
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoRoles, resources, and access types

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