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System Properties Comparison Databricks vs. DataFS vs. Oracle Rdb vs. PostGIS

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NameDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  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.Spatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Object oriented DBMSRelational 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
Score1.14
Rank#178  Overall
#80  Relational DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.databricks.comnewdatabase.comwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlpostgis.net
Technical documentationdocs.databricks.comdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.htmlpostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperDatabricksMobiland AGOracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
Initial release2013201819842005
Current release1.1.263, October 20227.4.1.1, 20213.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageC
Server operating systemshostedWindowsHP Open VMS
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)Flexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yes
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.yesnonoyes
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLwith Databricks SQLnoyesyes
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 aggregatesuser defined functions
Triggersno, except callback-events from server when changes happenedyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesProprietary Sharding systemyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDyes, on a single nodeACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nononono
User concepts infoAccess controlWindows-Profileyes infobased on PostgreSQL
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