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System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. HBase vs. Interbase vs. Microsoft Access vs. NuoDB

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonInterbase  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Access  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableLight-weight proven RDBMS infooriginally from BorlandMicrosoft Access combines a backend RDBMS (JET / ACE Engine) with a GUI frontend for data manipulation and queries. infoThe Access frontend is often used for accessing other datasources (DBMS, Excel, etc.)NuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactions
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score4.61
Rank#72  Overall
#39  Relational DBMS
Score104.92
Rank#11  Overall
#8  Relational DBMS
Score0.89
Rank#198  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerhbase.apache.orgwww.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasewww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­microsoft-365/­accesswww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-database
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasedeveloper.microsoft.com/­en-us/­accessdoc.nuodb.com
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetEmbarcaderoMicrosoftDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.
Initial release19832008198419922013
Current release19.4.1, November 20212.3.4, January 2021InterBase 2020, December 20191902 (16.0.11328.20222), March 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialcommercial infoBundled with Microsoft Officecommercial infolimited edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaCC++C++
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Android
iOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
Windows infoNot a real database server, but making use of DLLshosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyesyes
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.yes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatnono infoexport as XML data possibleno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnoyesyes infobut not compliant to any SQL standardyes
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
DAO
ODBC
OLE DB
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesPHPC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Object Pascal
PHP
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java (JDBC-ODBC)
VBA
Visual Basic.NET
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infoCoprocessors in Javayes infoInterbase procedure and trigger languageyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-engineJava, SQL
Triggersyesyesyesyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-engineyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnonenonedata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/written
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
Interbase Change Viewsnoneyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDB
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDACID infobut no files for transaction loggingACID infotunable commit protocol
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMultiversion concurreny controlyesyes infoMVCC
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infobut no files for transaction loggingyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infoTemporary table
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno infoa simple user-level security was built in till version Access 2003Standard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Users

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