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System Properties Comparison DataFS vs. DuckDB vs. HyperSQL vs. Spark SQL

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NameDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonDuckDB  Xexclude from comparisonHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAll 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.An embeddable, in-process, column-oriented SQL OLAP RDBMSMultithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processing
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
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Score0.09
Rank#360  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Score4.63
Rank#69  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Score3.23
Rank#93  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Websitenewdatabase.comduckdb.orghsqldb.orgspark.apache.org/­sql
Technical documentationdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspduckdb.org/­docshsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmlspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.html
DeveloperMobiland AGApache Software Foundation
Initial release2018201820012014
Current release1.1.263, October 20221.0.0, June 20242.7.2, June 20233.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infobased on BSD licenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++JavaScala
Server operating systemsWindowsserver-lessAll OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeClasses, 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.nononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyesSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
Arrow Database Connectivity (ADBC)
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
C
C# info3rd party driver
C++
Crystal info3rd party driver
Go info3rd party driver
Java
Lisp info3rd party driver
Python
R
Ruby info3rd party driver
Rust
Swift
Zig info3rd party driver
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
Java
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava, SQLno
Triggersno, except callback-events from server when changes happenednoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesProprietary Sharding systemnonenoneyes, utilizing Spark Core
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
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.noyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlWindows-Profilenofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno

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