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System Properties Comparison DataFS vs. PostGIS

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Name

Description

All 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.

Spatial extension of PostgreSQL

Primary database model

Object oriented DBMS

Spatial DBMS

Secondary database models

Graph DBMS

Relational DBMS

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Website

newdatabase.com

postgis.net

Technical documentation

dev.mobiland.com/Overview.xsp

postgis.net/documentation

Developer

Mobiland AG

Initial release

2018

2005

Current release

1.1.263, October 2022

3.3.4, July 2023

License

Commercial or Open Source

commercial

Open Source

GPL v2.0

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Server operating systems

Windows

Data scheme

Classes, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

yes

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

APIs and other access methods

.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client

Supported programming languages

.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

user defined functions

Triggers

no, except callback-events from server when changes happened

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Proprietary Sharding system

yes

based on PostgreSQL

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

yes

based on PostgreSQL

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

User concepts

Access control

Windows-Profile

yes

based on PostgreSQL

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