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DBMS > Databricks vs. GigaSpaces vs. jBASE vs. PostGIS

System Properties Comparison Databricks vs. GigaSpaces vs. jBASE vs. PostGIS

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NameDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionThe Databricks Lakehouse Platform combines elements of data lakes and data warehouses to provide a unified view onto structured and unstructured data. It is based on Apache Spark.High performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Multivalue DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Search engine
Relational DBMS
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Score81.08
Rank#15  Overall
#2  Document stores
#10  Relational DBMS
Score1.03
Rank#188  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.databricks.comwww.gigaspaces.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasepostgis.net
Technical documentationdocs.databricks.comdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmldocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9postgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperDatabricksGigaspaces TechnologiesRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)
Initial release2013200019912005
Current release15.5, September 20205.73.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availablecommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageJava, C++, .NetC
Server operating systemshostedLinux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-freeschema-freeyes
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.yesno infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatayesyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLwith Databricks SQLSQL-99 for query and DML statementsEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
GigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Supported programming languagesPython
R
Scala
.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions and aggregatesyesyesuser defined functions
Triggersyes, event driven architectureyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
yesyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelyes infobased on PostgreSQL
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