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System Properties Comparison DataFS vs. FileMaker vs. Infobright

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NameDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonInfobright  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.High performant column-oriented DBMS for analytic workloads using MySQL or PostgreSQL as a frontend
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
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Score0.06
Rank#354  Overall
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#194  Overall
#91  Relational DBMS
Websitenewdatabase.comwww.claris.com/­filemakerignitetech.com/­softwarelibrary/­infobrightdb
Technical documentationdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperMobiland AGClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleIgnite Technologies Inc.; formerly InfoBright Inc.
Initial release201819832005
Current release1.1.263, October 202219.4.1, November 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infoThe open source (GPLv2) version did not support inserts/updates/deletes and was discontinued with July 2016
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageC
Server operating systemsWindowsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)yesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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 formatno
Secondary indexesnoyesno infoKnowledge Grid Technology used instead
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infovia pluginsyes
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
PHP.Net
C
C#
C++
D
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesno
Triggersno, except callback-events from server when changes happenedyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesProprietary Sharding systemnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlWindows-Profilesimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard infoexploiting MySQL or PostgreSQL frontend capabilities

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