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DBMS > Geode vs. Microsoft Access vs. OrigoDB vs. PostGIS

System Properties Comparison Geode vs. Microsoft Access vs. OrigoDB vs. PostGIS

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NameGeode  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Access  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesMicrosoft Access combines a backend RDBMS (JET / ACE Engine) with a GUI frontend for data manipulation and queries. infoThe Access frontend is often used for accessing other datasources (DBMS, Excel, etc.)A fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.92
Rank#131  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score104.92
Rank#11  Overall
#8  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#53  Document stores
#20  Object oriented DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitegeode.apache.orgwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­microsoft-365/­accessorigodb.compostgis.net
Technical documentationgeode.apache.org/­docsdeveloper.microsoft.com/­en-us/­accessorigodb.com/­docspostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.MicrosoftRobert Friberg et al
Initial release200219922009 infounder the name LiveDB2005
Current release1.1, February 20171902 (16.0.11328.20222), March 20193.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as Gemfirecommercial infoBundled with Microsoft OfficeOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++C#C
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredWindows infoNot a real database server, but making use of DLLsLinux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyes
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 infocan be achieved using .NETyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (OQL)yes infobut not compliant to any SQL standardnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJava Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
DAO
ODBC
OLE DB
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Supported programming languages.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java (JDBC-ODBC)
VBA
Visual Basic.NET
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-engineyesuser defined functions
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-engineyes infoDomain Eventsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonehorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneSource-replica replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesdepending on modelyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes, on a single nodeACID infobut no files for transaction loggingACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infobut no files for transaction loggingyes infoWrite ahead logyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights per client and object definableno infoa simple user-level security was built in till version Access 2003Role based authorizationyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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