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DBMS > DataFS vs. dBASE vs. Faircom EDGE vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. Google Cloud Firestore

System Properties Comparison DataFS vs. dBASE vs. Faircom EDGE vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. Google Cloud Firestore

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NameDataFS  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonFaircom EDGE infoformerly c-treeEDGE  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  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.dBase was one of the first databases with a development environment on PC's. Its latest version dBase V is still sold as dBase classic, which needs a DOS Emulation. The up-to-date product is dBase plus.FairCom EDGE is an Industry 4.0 solution built to integrate, collect, aggregate and synchronize mission-critical data in edge computing environmentsGoogle's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.Cloud Firestore is an auto-scaling document database for storing, syncing, and querying data for mobile and web apps. It offers seamless integration with other Firebase and Google Cloud Platform products.
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Key-value store
Wide column store
Document store
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.09
Rank#360  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Score9.70
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#362  Overall
#53  Key-value stores
#155  Relational DBMS
Score3.15
Rank#95  Overall
#14  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score7.36
Rank#53  Overall
#9  Document stores
Websitenewdatabase.comwww.dbase.comwww.faircom.com/­products/­faircom-edgecloud.google.com/­bigtablefirebase.google.com/­products/­firestore
Technical documentationdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasedocs.faircom.com/­docs/­en/­UUID-23d4f1fd-d213-f6d5-b92e-9b7475baa14e.htmlcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docsfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestore
DeveloperMobiland AGAsthon TateFairCom CorporationGoogleGoogle
Initial release20181979197920152017
Current release1.1.263, October 2022dBASE 2019, 2019V3, October 2020
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infoRestricted, free version availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesyes
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Implementation languageANSI C, C++
Server operating systemsWindowsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
Android
Linux infoARM, x86
Raspbian
Windows
hostedhosted
Data schemeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)yesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes, ANSI Standard SQL Typesnoyes
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes infoANSI SQL queriesnono
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
none infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.ADO.NET
Direct SQL
IoT Microservice layer
JDBC
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
Android
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
dBase proprietary IDEC
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
VB.Net
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.yes info.Net, JavaScript, C/C++noyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud Functions
Triggersno, except callback-events from server when changes happenednoyesnoyes, with Cloud Functions
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesProprietary Sharding systemnoneFile partitioning infoCustomizable business rules for partitioningShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoSynchronous and asynchronous realtime replication based on transaction logsInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesUsing Cloud Dataflow
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes infowhen using SQLnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSACIDAtomic single-row operationsyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoacross SQL and NoSQLyesyes
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 and rolesFine grained user, group and file access rights managed across SQL (per ANSI standard) and NoSQL.Access rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)Access rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.

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