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System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. EventStoreDB vs. Ignite vs. Spark SQL

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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.Industrial-strength, open-source database solution built from the ground up for event sourcing.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.Spark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processing
Primary database modelRelational DBMSEvent StoreKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score9.70
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score1.19
Rank#173  Overall
#1  Event Stores
Score3.11
Rank#96  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
#49  Relational DBMS
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.dbase.comwww.eventstore.comignite.apache.orgspark.apache.org/­sql
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasedevelopers.eventstore.comapacheignite.readme.io/­docsspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.html
DeveloperAsthon TateEvent Store LimitedApache Software FoundationApache Software Foundation
Initial release1979201220152014
Current releasedBASE 2019, 201921.2, February 2021Apache Ignite 2.63.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++, Java, .NetScala
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
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.yesno
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDEC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Java
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.yes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)no
Triggersnoyes (cache interceptors and events)no
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingyes, utilizing Spark Core
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes (replicated cache)none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
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 DBMSACIDno
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.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsno

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