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DBMS > Drizzle vs. GeoSpock vs. PostGIS

System Properties Comparison Drizzle vs. GeoSpock vs. PostGIS

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NameDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  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.GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.Spatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score19.44
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitegeospock.compostgis.net
Technical documentationpostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerGeoSpock
Initial release20082005
Current release7.2.4, September 20122.0, September 20193.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU GPLcommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesno
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Implementation languageC++Java, JavascriptC
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
hosted
Data schemeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.noyes
Secondary indexesyestemporal, categoricalyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith proprietary extensionsANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)yes
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJDBC
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functions
Triggersno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.noyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingAutomatic shardingyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID
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.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPAccess rights for users can be defined per tableyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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