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System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. HarperDB vs. IBM Db2 warehouse vs. Percona Server for MongoDB vs. Spark SQL

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NamedBASE  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDB  Xexclude from comparisonPercona Server for MongoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  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.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.Cloud-based data warehousing serviceA drop-in replacement for MongoDB Community Edition with enterprise-grade features.Spark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processing
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score9.70
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score1.37
Rank#160  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Score0.60
Rank#246  Overall
#39  Document stores
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.dbase.comwww.harperdb.iowww.ibm.com/­products/­db2/­warehousewww.percona.com/­mongodb/­software/­percona-server-for-mongodbspark.apache.org/­sql
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasedocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.percona.com/­percona-distribution-for-mongodbspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.html
DeveloperAsthon TateHarperDBIBMPerconaApache Software Foundation
Initial release19792017201420152014
Current releasedBASE 2019, 20193.1, August 20213.4.10-2.10, November 20173.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree community edition availablecommercialOpen Source infoGPL Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageNode.jsC++Scala
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
Linux
OS X
hostedLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesdynamic schemayesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoJSON data typesyesyesyes
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 infoImport/export of XML data possiblenono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like data manipulation statementsyesnoSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
proprietary protocol using JSONJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDE.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Actionscript
C
C#
C++
Clojure
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Smalltalk
Java
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.Custom Functions infosince release 3.1PL/SQL, SQL PLJavaScriptno
Triggersnonoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterShardingShardingyes, utilizing Spark Core
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedyesSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnono
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 DBMSAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using LMDByesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infovia In-Memory Engineno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and rolesno

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