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DBMS > GBase vs. JSqlDb vs. Sphinx vs. ToroDB

System Properties Comparison GBase vs. JSqlDb vs. Sphinx vs. ToroDB

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NameGBase  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparisonToroDB  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.ToroDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionAn analytical database for business intelligence with large customers in China.JavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databasesA MongoDB-compatible JSON document store, built on top of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Search engineDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.07
Rank#185  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score5.98
Rank#56  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websitewww.gbase.cnjsqldb.org (offline)sphinxsearch.comgithub.com/­torodb/­server
Technical documentationsphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperKonrad von BackstromSphinx Technologies Inc.8Kdata
Initial release201820012016
Current releaseGBase 8a0.8, December 20183.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence availableOpen Source infoAGPL-V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++Java
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java 7 VM
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyes infostring, integer, double, boolean, date, object_id
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.nono
Secondary indexesnoyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresfunctions in JavaScriptno
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing RocksDByes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users and roles

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