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System Properties Comparison Axibase vs. Databricks vs. EDB Postgres vs. GigaSpaces

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NameAxibase  Xexclude from comparisonDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonEDB Postgres  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on HBase with integrated rule engine and visualizationThe Databricks Lakehouse Platform combines elements of data lakes and data warehouses to provide a unified view onto structured and unstructured data. It is based on Apache Spark.The EDB Postgres Platform is an enterprise-class data management platform based on the open source database PostgreSQL with flexible deployment options and Oracle compatibility features, complemented by tool kits for management, integration, and migration.High performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented Transactions
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Graph DBMS
Search engine
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Score0.35
Rank#282  Overall
#25  Time Series DBMS
Score81.08
Rank#15  Overall
#2  Document stores
#10  Relational DBMS
Score1.91
Rank#130  Overall
#60  Relational DBMS
Score1.03
Rank#188  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Websiteaxibase.com/­docs/­atsd/­financewww.databricks.comwww.enterprisedb.comwww.gigaspaces.com
Technical documentationdocs.databricks.comwww.enterprisedb.com/­docsdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.html
DeveloperAxibase CorporationDatabricksEnterpriseDBGigaspaces Technologies
Initial release2013201320052000
Current release1558514, December 202115.5, September 2020
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoCommunity Edition (single node) is free, Enterprise Edition (distributed) is paidcommercialcommercial infoBSD for PostgreSQL-componentsOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaCJava, C++, .Net
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedLinux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoshort, integer, long, float, double, decimal, stringyesyes
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.noyesyes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.no infoXML can be used for describing objects metadata
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagewith Databricks SQLyes infostandard with numerous extensionsSQL-99 for query and DML statements
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Proprietary protocol (Network API)
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
GigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functions and aggregatesuser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.yes
Triggersyesyesyes, event driven architecture
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning infoby hash, list or rangeSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyesMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executors
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANY
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access control
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Specific characteristicsSupported database models : In addition to the Document store and Relational DBMS...
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