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System Properties Comparison DataFS vs. HarperDB vs. Microsoft Access vs. Solr vs. TinkerGraph

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NameDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Access  Xexclude from comparisonSolr  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  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.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.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.)A widely used distributed, scalable search engine based on Apache LuceneA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSSearch engineGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMSSpatial DBMS
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Score0.06
Rank#354  Overall
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score104.92
Rank#11  Overall
#8  Relational DBMS
Score42.91
Rank#24  Overall
#3  Search engines
Score0.08
Rank#348  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitenewdatabase.comwww.harperdb.iowww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­microsoft-365/­accesssolr.apache.orgtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdeveloper.microsoft.com/­en-us/­accesssolr.apache.org/­resources.html
DeveloperMobiland AGHarperDBMicrosoftApache Software Foundation
Initial release20182017199220062009
Current release1.1.263, October 20223.1, August 20211902 (16.0.11328.20222), March 20199.6.0, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree community edition availablecommercial infoBundled with Microsoft OfficeOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageNode.jsC++JavaJava
Server operating systemsWindowsLinux
OS X
Windows infoNot a real database server, but making use of DLLsAll OS with a Java VM inforuns as a servlet in servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty is included)
Data schemeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)dynamic schemayesyes infoDynamic Fields enables on-the-fly addition of new fieldsschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoJSON data typesyesyes infosupports customizable data types and automatic typingyes
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like data manipulation statementsyes infobut not compliant to any SQL standardSolr Parallel SQL Interfaceno
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
ADO.NET
DAO
ODBC
OLE DB
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java (JDBC-ODBC)
VBA
Visual Basic.NET
.Net
Erlang
Java
JavaScript
any language that supports sockets and either XML or JSON
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresCustom Functions infosince release 3.1yes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-engineJava pluginsno
Triggersno, except callback-events from server when changes happenednoyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-engineyes infoUser configurable commands triggered on index changesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesProprietary Sharding systemA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusternoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definednoneyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononospark-solr: github.com/­lucidworks/­spark-solr and streaming expressions to reduceno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACID infobut no files for transaction loggingoptimistic lockingno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using LMDByes infobut no files for transaction loggingyesoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlWindows-ProfileAccess rights for users and rolesno infoa simple user-level security was built in till version Access 2003yesno

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