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DBMS > HBase vs. mSQL vs. ObjectBox vs. RDF4J

System Properties Comparison HBase vs. mSQL vs. ObjectBox vs. RDF4J

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NameHBase  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTablemSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsRDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.
Primary database modelWide column storeRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score1.27
Rank#169  Overall
#76  Relational DBMS
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
#7  Vector DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#222  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Websitehbase.apache.orghughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlgithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
rdf4j.org
Technical documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.objectbox.iordf4j.org/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetHughes TechnologiesObjectBox LimitedSince 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.
Initial release2008199420172004
Current release2.3.4, January 20214.4, October 20214.0 (May 2024)
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2commercial infofree licenses can be providedBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaCC and C++Java
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemeschema-free, schema definition possibleyesyesyes infoRDF Schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyes, plus "flex" map-like typesyes
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 indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersnono
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native APIJava API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
C
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoCoprocessors in Javanonoyes
Triggersyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlinenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)noACIDACID infoIsolation support depends on the API used
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesnoyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoin-memory storage is supported as well
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACnoyesno
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