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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. BigObject vs. dBASE vs. GeoMesa

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. BigObject vs. dBASE vs. GeoMesa

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonBigObject  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsAnalytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesdBase was one of the first databases with a development environment on PC's. Its latest version dBase V is still sold as dBase classic, which needs a DOS Emulation. The up-to-date product is dBase plus.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
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Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.13
Rank#333  Overall
#147  Relational DBMS
Score10.34
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.combigobject.iowww.dbase.comwww.geomesa.org
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestdocs.bigobject.iowww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasewww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.html
DeveloperBigObject, Inc.Asthon TateCCRi and others
Initial release2016201519792014
Current releasedBASE 2019, 20194.0.5, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercial infofree community edition availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languagePythonScala
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
DOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnono
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
fluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
none infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
dBase proprietary IDE
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresLuano infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.no
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenonedepending on storage layer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornonenonedepending on storage layer
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonedepending on storage layer
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesdepending on storage layer
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnoAccess rights for users and rolesyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storage

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