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System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. DataFS vs. dBASE vs. Heroic vs. RDFox

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.All 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.dBase 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.Time Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engine
Primary database modelKey-value storeObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.80
Rank#215  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score0.09
Rank#360  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Score9.70
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#265  Overall
#22  Time Series DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#300  Overall
#24  Graph DBMS
#13  RDF stores
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltnewdatabase.comwww.dbase.comgithub.com/­spotify/­heroicwww.oxfordsemantic.tech
Technical documentationdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasespotify.github.io/­heroicdocs.oxfordsemantic.tech
DeveloperMobiland AGAsthon TateSpotifyOxford Semantic Technologies
Initial release20132018197920142017
Current release1.1.263, October 2022dBASE 2019, 20196.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicensecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageGoJavaC++
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
WindowsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)yesschema-freeyes infoRDF schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
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 indexesnonoyesyes infovia Elasticsearch
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonononono
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
none infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
Supported programming languagesGo.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
dBase proprietary IDEC
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.no
Triggersnono, except callback-events from server when changes happenednono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneProprietary Sharding systemnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneyesreplication via a shared file system
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDno infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nononoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoWindows-ProfileAccess rights for users and rolesRoles, resources, and access types

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