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DBMS > GeoMesa vs. HyperSQL vs. PostGIS vs. TerarkDB

System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. HyperSQL vs. PostGIS vs. TerarkDB

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Multithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBSpatial extension of PostgreSQLA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score3.49
Rank#87  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Websitewww.geomesa.orghsqldb.orgpostgis.netgithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlhsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmlpostgis.net/­documentationbytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperCCRi and othersByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release2014200120052016
Current release5.0.0, May 20242.7.2, June 20233.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infobased on BSD licenseOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageScalaJavaCC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modes
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyesno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
C++ API
Java API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava, SQLuser defined functionsno
Triggersnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layernoneyes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layernoneyes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.depending on storage layeryesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infobased on PostgreSQLno

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