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System Properties Comparison DataFS vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. SpaceTime vs. Sphinx

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NameDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft SQL Server  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  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.Microsofts flagship relational DBMSSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.Open source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score0.08
Rank#363  Overall
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Score845.81
Rank#3  Overall
#3  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#394  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Score6.06
Rank#61  Overall
#6  Search engines
Websitenewdatabase.comwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­sql-serverwww.mireo.com/­spacetimesphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xsplearn.microsoft.com/­en-US/­sql/­sql-serversphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperMobiland AGMicrosoftMireoSphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release2018198920202001
Current release1.1.263, October 2022SQL Server 2022, November 20223.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial inforestricted free version is availablecommercialOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C++C++
Server operating systemsWindowsLinux
Windows
LinuxFreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)yesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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.noyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesA subset of ANSI SQL is implementedSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
RESTful HTTP APIProprietary protocol
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
C#
C++
Delphi
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Visual Basic
C#
C++
Python
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresTransact SQL, .NET languages, R, Python and (with SQL Server 2019) Javanono
Triggersno, except callback-events from server when changes happenedyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesProprietary Sharding systemtables can be distributed across several files (horizontal partitioning); sharding through federationFixed-grid hypercubesSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, but depending on the SQL-Server EditionReal-time block device replication (DRBD)none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlWindows-Profilefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesno

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