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System Properties Comparison DataFS vs. Hawkular Metrics vs. Ingres vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. PostGIS

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NameDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonHawkular Metrics  Xexclude from comparisonIngres  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Table Storage  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  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.Hawkular metrics is the metric storage of the Red Hat sponsored Hawkular monitoring system. It is based on Cassandra.Well established RDBMSA Wide Column Store for rapid development using massive semi-structured datasetsSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSWide column storeSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.06
Rank#354  Overall
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#379  Overall
#40  Time Series DBMS
Score4.11
Rank#81  Overall
#44  Relational DBMS
Score4.48
Rank#75  Overall
#6  Wide column stores
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitenewdatabase.comwww.hawkular.orgwww.actian.com/­databases/­ingresazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­storage/­tablespostgis.net
Technical documentationdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspwww.hawkular.org/­hawkular-metrics/­docs/­user-guidedocs.actian.com/­ingrespostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperMobiland AGCommunity supported by Red HatActian CorporationMicrosoft
Initial release201820141974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s20122005
Current release1.1.263, October 202211.2, May 20223.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaCC
Server operating systemsWindowsLinux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
hosted
Data schemeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)schema-freeyesschema-freeyes
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.nonono infobut tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files availablenoyes
Secondary indexesnonoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesnoyes
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
HTTP REST.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
Go
Java
Python
Ruby
.Net
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnouser defined functions
Triggersno, except callback-events from server when changes happenedyes infovia Hawkular Alertingyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesProprietary Sharding systemSharding infobased on Cassandrahorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneouslySharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraIngres Replicatoryes infoimplicit feature of the cloud service. Replication either local, cross-facility or geo-redundant.yes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDoptimistic lockingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyesyes
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.nonononono
User concepts infoAccess controlWindows-Profilenofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights based on private key authentication or shared access signaturesyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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