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System Properties Comparison GigaSpaces vs. Spark SQL

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NameGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processing
Primary database modelDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Search engine
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Score1.02
Rank#192  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score19.15
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.gigaspaces.comspark.apache.org/­sql
Technical documentationdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmlspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.html
DeveloperGigaspaces TechnologiesApache Software Foundation
Initial release20002014
Current release15.5, September 20203.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenono
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Implementation languageJava, C++, .NetScala
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes
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.no infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatano
Secondary indexesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-99 for query and DML statementsSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methodsGigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
Java
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesno
Triggersyes, event driven architectureno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyes, utilizing Spark Core
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executors
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANY
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlno

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