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DBMS > DataFS vs. Oracle NoSQL vs. Snowflake

System Properties Comparison DataFS vs. Oracle NoSQL vs. Snowflake

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NameDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonOracle NoSQL  Xexclude from comparisonSnowflake  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.A multi-model, scalable, distributed NoSQL database, designed to provide highly reliable, flexible, and available data management across a configurable set of storage nodesCloud-based data warehousing service for structured and semi-structured data
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.00
Rank#394  Overall
#22  Object oriented DBMS
Score3.35
Rank#78  Overall
#13  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#42  Relational DBMS
Score161.78
Rank#6  Overall
#5  Relational DBMS
Websitenewdatabase.comwww.oracle.com/­database/­nosql/­technologies/­nosqlwww.snowflake.com
Technical documentationdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspdocs.oracle.com/­en/­database/­other-databases/­nosql-database/­index.htmldocs.snowflake.net/­manuals/­index.html
DeveloperMobiland AGOracleSnowflake Computing Inc.
Initial release201820112014
Current release1.1.263, October 202224.4, December 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoProprietary for Enterprise Edition (Oracle Database EE license has Oracle NoSQL database EE covered: details)commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyes
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Implementation languageJava
Server operating systemsWindowsLinux
Solaris SPARC/x86
hosted
Data schemeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)Support Fixed schema and Schema-less deployment with the ability to interoperate between them.yes infosupport of semi-structured data formats (JSON, XML, Avro)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalyes
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.nonoyes
Secondary indexesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
RESTful HTTP APICLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
Typescript (Node.js)
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functions
Triggersno, except callback-events from server when changes happenednono infosimilar concept for controling cloud resources
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesProprietary Sharding systemShardingyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesElectable source-replica replication per shard. Support distributed global deployment with Multi-region table featureyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnowith Hadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infodepending on configuration
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDconfigurable infoACID within a storage node (=shard)ACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infooff heap cacheno
User concepts infoAccess controlWindows-ProfileAccess rights for users and rolesUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authentication

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