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DBMS > DataFS vs. EXASOL vs. FileMaker vs. GBase vs. IRONdb

System Properties Comparison DataFS vs. EXASOL vs. FileMaker vs. GBase vs. IRONdb

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NameDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonEXASOL  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonIRONdb  Xexclude from comparison
IRONdb seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
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.High-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Widely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.A distributed Time Series DBMS with a focus on scalability, fault tolerance and operational simplicity
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
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Score0.02
Rank#369  Overall
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score1.66
Rank#138  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score45.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score1.11
Rank#173  Overall
#78  Relational DBMS
Websitenewdatabase.comwww.exasol.comwww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.gbase.cnwww.circonus.com/solutions/time-series-database/
Technical documentationdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspwww.exasol.com/­resourceswww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.circonus.com/irondb/category/getting-started
DeveloperMobiland AGExasolClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.Circonus LLC.
Initial release20182000198320042017
Current release1.1.263, October 202219.4.1, November 2021GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8cV0.10.20, January 2018
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC, Java, PythonC and C++
Server operating systemsWindowsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
Data schemeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)yesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes infotext, numeric, histograms
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.nonoyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyes infovia pluginsStandard with numerous extensionsSQL-like query language (Circonus Analytics Query Language: CAQL)
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
Java
Lua
Python
R
PHPC#.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyesuser defined functionsyes, in Lua
Triggersno, except callback-events from server when changes happenedyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesProprietary Sharding systemShardingnonehorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningAutomatic, metric affinity per node
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yesconfigurable replication factor, datacenter aware
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoHadoop integrationnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency per node, eventual consistency across nodes
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACIDno
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.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlWindows-ProfileAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyesno

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