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System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. MaxDB vs. Milvus vs. Oracle Rdb vs. Spark SQL

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.A robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processing
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score2.32
Rank#112  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score2.31
Rank#113  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#184  Overall
#85  Relational DBMS
Score18.96
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.geomesa.orgmaxdb.sap.commilvus.iowww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlspark.apache.org/­sql
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.htmlspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.html
DeveloperCCRi and othersSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Oracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)Apache Software Foundation
Initial release20141984201919842014
Current release4.0.5, February 20247.9.10.12, February 20242.3.4, January 20247.4.1.1, 20213.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageScalaC++C++, GoScala
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
HP Open VMSLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesVector, Numeric and Stringyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnoyesSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
RESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnono
Triggersnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layernoneShardingyes, utilizing Spark Core
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layerSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoyes, on a single nodeno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layernoyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based access control and fine grained access rightsno
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GeoMesaMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-DMilvusOracle RdbSpark SQL
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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