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DBMS > BigObject vs. DataFS vs. mSQL vs. Snowflake

System Properties Comparison BigObject vs. DataFS vs. mSQL vs. Snowflake

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NameBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonSnowflake  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesAll 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.mSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSCloud-based data warehousing service for structured and semi-structured data
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.19
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#360  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Score1.27
Rank#169  Overall
#76  Relational DBMS
Score130.36
Rank#8  Overall
#5  Relational DBMS
Websitebigobject.ionewdatabase.comhughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlwww.snowflake.com
Technical documentationdocs.bigobject.iodev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspdocs.snowflake.net/­manuals/­index.html
DeveloperBigObject, Inc.Mobiland AGHughes TechnologiesSnowflake Computing Inc.
Initial release2015201819942014
Current release1.1.263, October 20224.4, October 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community edition availablecommercialcommercial infofree licenses can be providedcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
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Implementation languageC
Server operating systemsLinux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
WindowsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyesClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)yesyes infosupport of semi-structured data formats (JSON, XML, Avro)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersyes
APIs and other access methodsfluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
JDBC
ODBC
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresLuanouser defined functions
Triggersnono, except callback-events from server when changes happenednono infosimilar concept for controling cloud resources
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneProprietary Sharding systemnoneyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yesnoyes
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.yesnonono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoWindows-ProfilenoUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authentication

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