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DBMS > DataFS vs. FoundationDB vs. MaxDB vs. TinkerGraph

System Properties Comparison DataFS vs. FoundationDB vs. MaxDB vs. TinkerGraph

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NameDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market. As a consequence, the product was removed from the DB-Engines ranking. In April 2018, Apple open-sourced FoundationDB and it therefore reappears in 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.Ordered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.A robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMSDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Relational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
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Score0.09
Rank#360  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Score1.06
Rank#185  Overall
#31  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#85  Relational DBMS
Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#345  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitenewdatabase.comgithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbmaxdb.sap.comtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspapple.github.io/­foundationdbmaxdb.sap.com/­documentation
DeveloperMobiland AGFoundationDBSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997
Initial release2018201319842009
Current release1.1.263, October 20226.2.28, November 20207.9.10.12, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C++Java
Server operating systemsWindowsLinux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)schema-free infosome layers support schemasyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesno infosome layers support typingyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesnonoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnosupported in specific SQL layer onlyyesno
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin SQL-layer onlyyesno
Triggersno, except callback-events from server when changes happenednoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesProprietary Sharding systemShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyLinearizable consistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesin SQL-layer onlyyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlWindows-Profilenofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno

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