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DBMS > FileMaker vs. HBase vs. Postgres-XL vs. RDFox

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. HBase vs. Postgres-XL vs. RDFox

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonPostgres-XL  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  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 BigTableBased on PostgreSQL enhanced with MPP and write-scale-out cluster featuresHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engine
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.49
Rank#256  Overall
#117  Relational DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#308  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#14  RDF stores
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerhbase.apache.orgwww.postgres-xl.orgwww.oxfordsemantic.tech
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlwww.postgres-xl.org/­documentationdocs.oxfordsemantic.tech
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetOxford Semantic Technologies
Initial release198320082014 infosince 2012, originally named StormDB2017
Current release19.4.1, November 20212.3.4, January 202110 R1, October 20186.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoMozilla public licensecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaCC++
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
macOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyesyes infoRDF schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyes
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 formatnoyes infoXML type, but no XML query functionality
Secondary indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnoyes infodistributed, parallel query executionno
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
Supported programming languagesPHPC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Erlang
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infoCoprocessors in Javauser defined functions
Triggersyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
replication via a shared file system
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACID infoMVCCACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
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-standardRoles, resources, and access types

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