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System Properties Comparison Databricks vs. DataFS

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NameDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionThe Databricks Lakehouse Platform combines elements of data lakes and data warehouses to provide a unified view onto structured and unstructured data. It is based on Apache Spark.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.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
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Score102.66
Rank#12  Overall
#2  Document stores
#8  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#21  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.databricks.comnewdatabase.com
Technical documentationdocs.databricks.comdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xsp
DeveloperDatabricksMobiland AG
Initial release20132018
Current release1.1.263, October 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesno
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Server operating systemshostedWindows
Data schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)Classes, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes
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.yesno
Secondary indexesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLwith Databricks SQLno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
Supported programming languagesPython
R
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions and aggregates
Triggersno, except callback-events from server when changes happened
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesProprietary Sharding system
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlWindows-Profile

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