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DBMS > BaseX vs. EsgynDB vs. HBase vs. Ignite vs. SpaceTime

System Properties Comparison BaseX vs. EsgynDB vs. HBase vs. Ignite vs. SpaceTime

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NameBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonIgnite  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.Enterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableApache Ignite is a memory-centric distributed database, caching, and processing platform for transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads, delivering in-memory speeds at petabyte scale.SpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelNative XML DBMSRelational DBMSWide column storeKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.73
Rank#142  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score0.16
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score3.16
Rank#96  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
#49  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Websitebasex.orgwww.esgyn.cnhbase.apache.orgignite.apache.orgwww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationdocs.basex.orghbase.apache.org/­book.htmlapacheignite.readme.io/­docs
DeveloperBaseX GmbHEsgynApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetApache Software FoundationMireo
Initial release20072015200820152020
Current release10.7, August 20232.3.4, January 2021Apache Ignite 2.6
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licensecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++, JavaJavaC++, Java, .NetC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateno infoXQuery supports typesyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyes
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnoANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesActionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJava Stored Proceduresyes infoCoprocessors in Javayes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)no
Triggersyes infovia eventsnoyesyes (cache interceptors and events)no
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingShardingFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication between multi datacentersMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes (replicated cache)Real-time block device replication (DRBD)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)no
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datamultiple readers, single writerACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.noyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsyes

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