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DBMS > DataFS vs. FatDB vs. Microsoft Access vs. TerminusDB

System Properties Comparison DataFS vs. FatDB vs. Microsoft Access vs. TerminusDB

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NameDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonFatDB  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Access  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
FatDB/FatCloud has ceased operations as a company with February 2014. FatDB is discontinued and excluded from the 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.A .NET NoSQL DBMS that can integrate with and extend SQL Server.Microsoft Access combines a backend RDBMS (JET / ACE Engine) with a GUI frontend for data manipulation and queries. infoThe Access frontend is often used for accessing other datasources (DBMS, Excel, etc.)Scalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMSDocument store
RDF store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.09
Rank#360  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Score101.16
Rank#11  Overall
#8  Relational DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#316  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Websitenewdatabase.comwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­microsoft-365/­accessterminusdb.com
Technical documentationdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspdeveloper.microsoft.com/­en-us/­accessterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperMobiland AGFatCloudMicrosoftDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release2018201219922018
Current release1.1.263, October 20221902 (16.0.11328.20222), March 201911.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infoBundled with Microsoft OfficeOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC#C++Prolog, Rust
Server operating systemsWindowsWindowsWindows infoNot a real database server, but making use of DLLsLinux
Data schemeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)schema-freeyesyes
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.nono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnono infoVia inetgration in SQL Serveryes infobut not compliant to any SQL standardSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
.NET Client API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP API
RPC
Windows WCF Bindings
ADO.NET
DAO
ODBC
OLE DB
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
C#C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java (JDBC-ODBC)
VBA
Visual Basic.NET
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infovia applicationsyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-engineyes
Triggersno, except callback-events from server when changes happenedyes infovia applicationsyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-engineyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesProprietary Sharding systemShardingnoneGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID infobut no files for transaction loggingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infobut no files for transaction loggingyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.no
User concepts infoAccess controlWindows-Profileno infoCan implement custom security layer via applicationsno infoa simple user-level security was built in till version Access 2003Role-based access control

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