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DBMS > InfinityDB vs. Microsoft Access vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. Raima Database Manager vs. Spark SQL

System Properties Comparison InfinityDB vs. Microsoft Access vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. Raima Database Manager vs. Spark SQL

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NameInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Access  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_Vista  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceMicrosoft Access combines a backend RDBMS (JET / ACE Engine) with a GUI frontend for data manipulation and queries. infoThe Access frontend is often used for accessing other datasources (DBMS, Excel, etc.)Search-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentRDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into an application or used as a database serverSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processing
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSSearch engineRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.08
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Score101.16
Rank#11  Overall
#8  Relational DBMS
Score5.52
Rank#59  Overall
#6  Search engines
Score0.49
Rank#259  Overall
#121  Relational DBMS
#21  Time Series DBMS
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Websiteboilerbay.comwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­microsoft-365/­accessazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchraima.comspark.apache.org/­sql
Technical documentationboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualdeveloper.microsoft.com/­en-us/­accesslearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchdocs.raima.comspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.html
DeveloperBoiler Bay Inc.MicrosoftMicrosoftRaima Inc.Apache Software Foundation
Initial release20021992201519842014
Current release4.01902 (16.0.11328.20222), March 2019V115, June 20213.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infoBundled with Microsoft OfficecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaC++CScala
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMWindows infoNot a real database server, but making use of DLLshostedAndroid
HP-UX
Integrity RTOS
iOS
Linux
OS X
QNX
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyesyesyesyes
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 infoExporting/Importing of XML structures possibleno
Secondary indexesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infobut not compliant to any SQL standardnoyesSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methodsAccess via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
ADO.NET
DAO
ODBC
OLE DB
RESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaC
C#
C++
Delphi
Java (JDBC-ODBC)
VBA
Visual Basic.NET
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
.Net
C
C++
Objective-C
PL/SQL
Java
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-enginenoyes infobased on the ANSI/ISO SQL Persistent Stored Modules (PSM) specificationno
Triggersnoyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-enginenoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicehorizontal partitioningyes, utilizing Spark Core
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsACID infobut no files for transaction loggingnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infobut no files for transaction loggingyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnono infoa simple user-level security was built in till version Access 2003yes infousing Azure authenticationnono
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InfinityDBMicrosoft AccessMicrosoft Azure AI SearchRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_VistaSpark SQL
Specific characteristicsRaima Database Manager (RDM) is an embedded time-series database optimized to run...
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Competitive advantagesDecreased time-to-market Industry-standard interfaces & tools for making your job...
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Typical application scenariosTypical use cases include: Internet of Things (IoT) Embedded In-Memory Database Time-Series...
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Key customersInfor, ABB, The Boeing Company, BAE Systems, Dow Jones, Dun & Bradstreet, Fujitsu,...
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Market metricsOver 30 000 applications developers worldwide have field-tested RDM products More...
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Licensing and pricing modelsJust as the technical aspects of Raima Database Manager are flexible, so are the...
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