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System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. HarperDB vs. openGauss vs. RRDtool

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonopenGauss  Xexclude from comparisonRRDtool  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.An enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with high-performance, high-availability and high-performance originally developed by HuaweiIndustry standard data logging and graphing tool for time series data. RRD is an acronym for round-robin database. infoThe data is stored in a circular buffer, thus the system storage footprint remains constant over time.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score1.06
Rank#184  Overall
#84  Relational DBMS
Score1.90
Rank#132  Overall
#11  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.harperdb.iogitee.com/­opengauss
opengauss.org
oss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.opengauss.org/­en
gitee.com/­opengauss/­docs
oss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool/­doc
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleHarperDBHuawei and openGauss communityTobias Oetiker
Initial release1983201720191999
Current release19.4.1, November 20213.1, August 20213.0, March 20221.8.0, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree community edition availableOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL V2 and FLOSS
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageNode.jsC, C++, JavaC infoImplementations in Java (e.g. RRD4J) and C# available
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
LinuxHP-UX
Linux
Data schemeyesdynamic schemayesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoJSON data typesyesNumeric data only
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 formatnonono infoExporting into and restoring from XML files possible
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsSQL-like data manipulation statementsANSI SQL 2011no
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
in-process shared library
Pipes
Supported programming languagesPHP.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
C
C++
Java
C infowith librrd library
C# infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Java infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
JavaScript (Node.js) infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Lua
Perl
PHP infowith a wrapper library
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesCustom Functions infosince release 3.1yesno
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterhorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash)none
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoby using the rrdcached daemon
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using LMDByesyes
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 rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardno

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