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DBMS > DataFS vs. FileMaker vs. GeoMesa vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. TimesTen

System Properties Comparison DataFS vs. FileMaker vs. GeoMesa vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. TimesTen

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NameDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  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.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.A containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilityAn in-memory SQL relational database that delivers microsecond response and high throughput for OLTP applications. TimesTen can be deployed as a standalone database or as a cache to a backend Oracle database.
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.02
Rank#369  Overall
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score45.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.78
Rank#214  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score2.98
Rank#91  Overall
#17  Document stores
#14  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#49  Relational DBMS
Score1.26
Rank#164  Overall
#75  Relational DBMS
Websitenewdatabase.comwww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.geomesa.orgwww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-iriswww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.html
Technical documentationdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clsdocs.oracle.com/­en/­database/­other-databases/­timesten/­index.html
DeveloperMobiland AGClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleCCRi and othersInterSystemsOracle infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005
Initial release20181983201420181998
Current release1.1.263, October 202219.4.1, November 20215.0.1, July 20242023.3, June 2023Release 22.1
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageScala
Server operating systemsWindowsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
IBM AIX Power PC 64-bit
Linux arm64
Linux x86-64
Solaris SPARC 64
Solaris SPARC/x86
Solaris x86-64
Data schemeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)yesyesdepending on used data modelyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.noyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatnoyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infovia pluginsnoyesyes
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Pro*C/C++ programming interfaces
SQL and PL/SQL via JDBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
PHP.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C++
Java
Node.js
PL/SQL
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesPL/SQL
Triggersno, except callback-events from server when changes happenedyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesProprietary Sharding systemnonedepending on storage layerShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14depending on storage layerSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoby means of logfiles and checkpoints
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nodepending on storage layeryesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlWindows-Profilesimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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