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DBMS > dBASE vs. Graphite vs. Linter vs. PostGIS vs. SiteWhere

System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. Graphite vs. Linter vs. PostGIS vs. SiteWhere

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NamedBASE  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonLinter  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  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.Data logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperRDBMS for high security requirementsSpatial extension of PostgreSQLM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score10.34
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score4.57
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#346  Overall
#152  Relational DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#356  Overall
#35  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.dbase.comgithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-weblinter.rupostgis.netgithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewhere
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasegraphite.readthedocs.iopostgis.net/­documentationsitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
DeveloperAsthon TateChris Davisrelex.ruSiteWhere
Initial release19792006199020052010
Current releasedBASE 2019, 20193.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonC and C++CJava
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
Linux
Unix
AIX
Android
BSD
HP Open VMS
iOS
Linux
OS X
VxWorks
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyespredefined scheme
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumeric data onlyyesyesyes
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesyesno
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.HTTP API
Sockets
ADO.NET
JDBC
LINQ
ODBC
OLE DB
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDEJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Ruby
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.noyes infoproprietary syntax with the possibility to convert from PL/SQLuser defined functions
Triggersnonoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenoneyes infobased on PostgreSQLSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneSource-replica replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQLselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyesno
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 DBMSnoACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infolockingyesyesyes
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.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infobased on PostgreSQLUsers with fine-grained authorization concept

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