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System Properties Comparison Databricks vs. DataFS vs. FileMaker vs. GeoMesa vs. PostGIS

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NameDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  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.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Spatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Object oriented DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score81.08
Rank#15  Overall
#2  Document stores
#10  Relational DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#360  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.databricks.comnewdatabase.comwww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.geomesa.orgpostgis.net
Technical documentationdocs.databricks.comdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlpostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperDatabricksMobiland AGClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleCCRi and others
Initial release20132018198320142005
Current release1.1.263, October 202219.4.1, November 20215.0.0, May 20243.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageScalaC
Server operating systemshostedWindowsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
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)yesyesyes
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.yesnoyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatnoyes
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLwith Databricks SQLnoyes infovia pluginsnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesPython
R
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions and aggregatesyesnouser defined functions
Triggersno, except callback-events from server when changes happenedyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesProprietary Sharding systemnonedepending on storage layeryes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14depending on storage layeryes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layerImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.nonodepending on storage layerno
User concepts infoAccess controlWindows-Profilesimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageyes infobased on PostgreSQL
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Specific characteristicsSupported database models : In addition to the Document store and Relational DBMS...
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