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DBMS > DataFS vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. NSDb

System Properties Comparison DataFS vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. NSDb

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NameDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data Warehouse  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  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.Search-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentElastic, large scale data warehouse service leveraging the broad eco-system of SQL ServerScalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of Kubernetes
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMSSearch engineRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMSVector DBMS
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Score0.09
Rank#360  Overall
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score5.52
Rank#59  Overall
#6  Search engines
Score19.93
Rank#31  Overall
#19  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#369  Overall
#40  Time Series DBMS
Websitenewdatabase.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchazure.microsoft.com/­services/­synapse-analyticsnsdb.io
Technical documentationdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xsplearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchdocs.microsoft.com/­azure/­synapse-analyticsnsdb.io/­Architecture
DeveloperMobiland AGMicrosoftMicrosoft
Initial release2018201520162017
Current release1.1.263, October 2022V1
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++Java, Scala
Server operating systemsWindowshostedhostedLinux
macOS
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 dateyesyesyesyes: int, bigint, decimal, string
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
RESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
C#
Java
PHP
Java
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoTransact SQLno
Triggersno, except callback-events from server when changes happenednono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesProprietary Sharding systemSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding, horizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono infodocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­synapse-analytics/­sql-data-warehouse/­sql-data-warehouse-table-constraintsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesUsing Apache Lucene
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlWindows-Profileyes infousing Azure authenticationyes

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