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DBMS > BaseX vs. DataFS vs. EDB Postgres vs. IBM Db2 warehouse vs. Postgres-XL

System Properties Comparison BaseX vs. DataFS vs. EDB Postgres vs. IBM Db2 warehouse vs. Postgres-XL

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NameBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonEDB Postgres  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostgres-XL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.All data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.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.Cloud-based data warehousing serviceBased on PostgreSQL enhanced with MPP and write-scale-out cluster features
Primary database modelNative XML DBMSObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
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Score1.56
Rank#141  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score0.02
Rank#369  Overall
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score1.86
Rank#131  Overall
#61  Relational DBMS
Score1.26
Rank#162  Overall
#73  Relational DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#260  Overall
#119  Relational DBMS
Websitebasex.orgnewdatabase.comwww.enterprisedb.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2/­warehousewww.postgres-xl.org
Technical documentationdocs.basex.orgdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspwww.enterprisedb.com/­docswww.postgres-xl.org/­documentation
DeveloperBaseX GmbHMobiland AGEnterpriseDBIBM
Initial release20072018200520142014 infosince 2012, originally named StormDB
Current release11.2, August 20241.1.263, October 202214, December 202110 R1, October 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licensecommercialcommercial infoBSD for PostgreSQL-componentscommercialOpen Source infoMozilla public license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaCC
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
WindowsLinux
Windows
hostedLinux
macOS
Data schemeschema-freeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)yesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateno infoXQuery supports typesyesyesyesyes
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.noyes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.no infoImport/export of XML data possibleyes infoXML type, but no XML query functionality
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes infostandard with numerous extensionsyesyes infodistributed, parallel query execution
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Supported programming languagesActionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Erlang
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.PL/SQL, SQL PLuser defined functions
Triggersyes infovia eventsno, except callback-events from server when changes happenedyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneProprietary Sharding systemhorizontal partitioning infoby hash, list or rangeShardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datamultiple readers, single writerACIDACIDACIDACID infoMVCC
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsWindows-Profilefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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