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DBMS > DataFS vs. GBase vs. GridDB vs. H2 vs. Kingbase

System Properties Comparison DataFS vs. GBase vs. GridDB vs. H2 vs. Kingbase

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NameDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonKingbase  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.Widely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.Scalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.An enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with PostgreSQL and Oracle and widely used in China.
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Spatial DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.09
Rank#360  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Score1.05
Rank#186  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score2.09
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score8.33
Rank#46  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score0.50
Rank#257  Overall
#119  Relational DBMS
Websitenewdatabase.comwww.gbase.cngriddb.netwww.h2database.comwww.kingbase.com.cn
Technical documentationdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspdocs.griddb.netwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.html
DeveloperMobiland AGGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.Toshiba CorporationThomas MuellerBeiJing KINGBASE Information technologies inc.
Initial release20182004201320051999
Current release1.1.263, October 2022GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c5.1, August 20222.2.220, July 2023V8.0, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC, Java, PythonC++JavaC and Java
Server operating systemsWindowsLinuxLinuxAll OS with a Java VMLinux
Windows
Data schemeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)yesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyesyes
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.noyesnonoyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoStandard with numerous extensionsSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)yesStandard with numerous extensions
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
ADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
gokb
JDBC
kdbndp
ODBC
PDI
PDO
Pro*C
psycopg2
QT
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
C#C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined Functionsuser defined functions
Triggersno, except callback-events from server when changes happenedyesyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesProprietary Sharding systemhorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningShardingnonehorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replicationWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databaseyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID at container levelACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
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.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlWindows-ProfileyesAccess rights for users can be defined per databasefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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DataFSGBaseGridDBH2Kingbase
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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