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System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. Drizzle vs. Ehcache vs. PouchDB vs. WakandaDB

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NamedBASE  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptiondBase was one of the first databases with a development environment on PC's. Its latest version dBase V is still sold as dBase classic, which needs a DOS Emulation. The up-to-date product is dBase plus.MySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.A widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBWakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument storeObject oriented DBMS
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Score10.34
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score2.28
Rank#115  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score0.03
Rank#364  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.dbase.comwww.ehcache.orgpouchdb.comwakanda.github.io
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasewww.ehcache.org/­documentationpouchdb.com/­guideswakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperAsthon TateDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGApache Software FoundationWakanda SAS
Initial release19792008200920122012
Current releasedBASE 2019, 20197.2.4, September 20123.10.0, March 20227.1.1, June 20192.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGNU GPLOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen SourceOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaJavaScriptC++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
All OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infowith proprietary extensionsnonono
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.JDBCJCacheHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDEC
C++
Java
PHP
JavaJavaScriptJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.nonoView functions in JavaScriptyes
Triggersnono infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.yes infoCache Event Listenersyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes infoby using Terracotta ServerMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSACIDyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPnonoyes

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