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DBMS > HyperSQL vs. MaxDB vs. Oracle Rdb vs. RDF4J

System Properties Comparison HyperSQL vs. MaxDB vs. Oracle Rdb vs. RDF4J

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NameHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMultithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsRDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRDF store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score3.23
Rank#93  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score1.14
Rank#178  Overall
#80  Relational DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#222  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Websitehsqldb.orgmaxdb.sap.comwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlrdf4j.org
Technical documentationhsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmlmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.htmlrdf4j.org/­documentation
DeveloperSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Oracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)Since 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.
Initial release2001198419842004
Current release2.7.2, June 20237.9.10.12, February 20247.4.1.1, 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infobased on BSD licensecommercial infoLimited community edition freecommercialOpen Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++Java
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
HP Open VMSLinux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemeyesyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yes infoRDF Schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesyesno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
Java API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava, SQLyesyes
Triggersyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDyes, on a single nodeACID infoIsolation support depends on the API used
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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 controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno

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