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System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. GeoMesa vs. IBM Db2 Event Store vs. Lovefield vs. Milvus

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NamedBASE  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 Event Store  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptiondBase was one of the first databases with a development environment on PC's. Its latest version dBase V is still sold as dBase classic, which needs a DOS Emulation. The up-to-date product is dBase plus.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Distributed Event Store optimized for Internet of Things use casesEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searches
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSEvent Store
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSVector DBMS
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Score9.70
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.27
Rank#309  Overall
#2  Event Stores
#28  Time Series DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score2.78
Rank#103  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.dbase.comwww.geomesa.orgwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2-event-storegoogle.github.io/­lovefieldmilvus.io
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasewww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlwww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2-event-storegithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.md
DeveloperAsthon TateCCRi and othersIBMGoogle
Initial release19792014201720142019
Current releasedBASE 2019, 20195.0.0, May 20242.02.1.12, February 20172.3.4, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageScalaC and C++JavaScriptC++, Go
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
Linux infoLinux, macOS, Windows for the developer additionserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesVector, Numeric and String
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes infothrough the embedded Spark runtimeSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternno
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.ADO.NET
DB2 Connect
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDEC
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
JavaScriptC++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.noyesnono
TriggersnononoUsing read-only observersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonedepending on storage layerShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonedepending on storage layerActive-active shard replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerEventual ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSnonoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesNo - written data is immutableyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesYes - Synchronous writes to local disk combined with replication and asynchronous writes in parquet format to permanent shared storageyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layeryesyes infousing MemoryDByes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoRole based access control and fine grained access rights
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Specific characteristicsMilvus is an open-source and cloud-native vector database built for production-ready...
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Competitive advantagesHighly available, versatile, and robust with millisecond latency. Supports batch...
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Typical application scenariosRAG: retrieval augmented generation Video media : video understanding, video deduplication....
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Key customersMilvus is trusted by thousands of enterprises, including PayPal, eBay, IKEA, LINE,...
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Market metricsAs of January 2024, 25k+ GitHub stars 10M+ downloads and installations​ ​ 3k+ enterprise...
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Licensing and pricing modelsMilvus was released under the open-source Apache License 2.0 in October 2019. Fully-managed...
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