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DBMS > GeoMesa vs. SpaceTime vs. ToroDB

System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. SpaceTime vs. ToroDB

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparisonToroDB  Xexclude from comparison
ToroDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.SpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.A MongoDB-compatible JSON document store, built on top of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score0.82
Rank#218  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#394  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.geomesa.orgwww.mireo.com/­spacetimegithub.com/­torodb/­server
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.html
DeveloperCCRi and othersMireo8Kdata
Initial release201420202016
Current release4.0.5, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercialOpen Source infoAGPL-V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageScalaC++Java
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java 7 VM
Data schemeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes 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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layerFixed-grid hypercubesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layerReal-time block device replication (DRBD)Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layerno
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageyesAccess rights for users and roles

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