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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. GigaSpaces vs. searchxml vs. SpaceTime

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. GigaSpaces vs. searchxml vs. SpaceTime

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsHigh performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application serverSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Native XML DBMS
Search engine
Spatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Search engine
Relational DBMS
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Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score1.03
Rank#188  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#390  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#24  Search engines
Score0.03
Rank#392  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comwww.gigaspaces.comwww.searchxml.net/­category/­productswww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmlwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handouts
DeveloperGigaspaces Technologiesinformationpartners gmbhMireo
Initial release2016200020152020
Current release15.5, September 20201.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languagePythonJava, C++, .NetC++C++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
WindowsLinux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
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.nono infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatayesno
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-99 for query and DML statementsnoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
GigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIsC#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infoon the application serverno
Triggersyes, event driven architecturenono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnoneFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
yes infosychronisation to multiple collectionsReal-time block device replication (DRBD)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDmultiple readers, single writerno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlyesRole-based access controlDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application servicesyes

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