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DBMS > BigObject vs. Cachelot.io vs. dBASE vs. HarperDB

System Properties Comparison BigObject vs. Cachelot.io vs. dBASE vs. HarperDB

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NameBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonCachelot.io  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesIn-memory caching systemdBase 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.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedKey-value storeRelational DBMSDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.13
Rank#333  Overall
#147  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Score10.34
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Websitebigobject.iocachelot.iowww.dbase.comwww.harperdb.io
Technical documentationdocs.bigobject.iowww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasedocs.harperdb.io/­docs
DeveloperBigObject, Inc.Asthon TateHarperDB
Initial release2015201519792017
Current releasedBASE 2019, 20193.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoSimplified BSD Licensecommercialcommercial infofree community edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++Node.js
Server operating systemsLinux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
DOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
Linux
OS X
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesdynamic schema
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes infoJSON data types
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 indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnonoSQL-like data manipulation statements
APIs and other access methodsfluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Memcached protocolnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
dBase proprietary IDE.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresLuanono infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.Custom Functions infosince release 3.1
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenoneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a cluster
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenonenoneyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be defined
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonono infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSAtomic execution of specific operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesnoyesyes, using LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users and roles

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