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DBMS > BigObject vs. chDB vs. dBASE vs. GeoMesa

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

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NameBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonchDB  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesAn embedded SQL OLAP Engine powered by ClickHousedBase 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 modelRelational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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
#158  Relational DBMS
Score10.34
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Websitebigobject.iogithub.com/­chdb-io/­chdbwww.dbase.comwww.geomesa.org
Technical documentationdocs.bigobject.iodoc.chdb.iowww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasewww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.html
DeveloperBigObject, Inc.Asthon TateCCRi and others
Initial release2015202319792014
Current releasedBASE 2019, 20194.0.5, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageScala
Server operating systemsLinux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
server-lessDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
Data schemeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.nono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsClose to ANSI SQL (SQL/JSON + extensions)nono
APIs and other access methodsfluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
none infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.
Supported programming languagesBun
C
C++
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
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 nodesnonenonedepending on storage layer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenonedepending on storage layer
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonedepending on storage layer
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes 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 datayes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
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 controlnoAccess rights for users and rolesyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storage

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