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System Properties Comparison Databricks vs. Greenplum vs. Ignite vs. JSqlDb vs. PostGIS

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NameDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonGreenplum  Xexclude from comparisonIgnite  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
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.Analytic Database platform built on PostgreSQL. Full name is Pivotal Greenplum Database infoA logical database in Greenplum is an array of individual PostgreSQL databases working together to present a single database image.Apache Ignite is a memory-centric distributed database, caching, and processing platform for transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads, delivering in-memory speeds at petabyte scale.JavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Object oriented DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score78.61
Rank#15  Overall
#2  Document stores
#10  Relational DBMS
Score8.37
Rank#48  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score3.16
Rank#96  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
#49  Relational DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.databricks.comgreenplum.orgignite.apache.orgjsqldb.org (offline)postgis.net
Technical documentationdocs.databricks.comdocs.greenplum.orgapacheignite.readme.io/­docspostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperDatabricksPivotal Software Inc.Apache Software FoundationKonrad von Backstrom
Initial release20132005201520182005
Current release7.0.0, September 2023Apache Ignite 2.60.8, December 20183.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC++, Java, .NetC
Server operating systemshostedLinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes
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.yesyes infosince Version 4.2yesnoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLwith Databricks SQLyesANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
Supported programming languagesPython
R
Scala
C
Java
Perl
Python
R
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions and aggregatesyesyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)functions in JavaScriptuser defined functions
Triggersyesyes (cache interceptors and events)noyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnoneyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replicationyes (replicated cache)noneyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)nono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes
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 infousing RocksDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsyes infobased on PostgreSQL
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