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DBMS > Lovefield vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. RDFox vs. SpaceTime

System Properties Comparison Lovefield vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. RDFox vs. SpaceTime

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NameLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft SQL Server  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptMicrosofts flagship relational DBMSHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engineSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Spatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.35
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score845.81
Rank#3  Overall
#3  Relational DBMS
Score0.25
Rank#317  Overall
#26  Graph DBMS
#15  RDF stores
Score0.00
Rank#394  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Websitegoogle.github.io/­lovefieldwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­sql-serverwww.oxfordsemantic.techwww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdlearn.microsoft.com/­en-US/­sql/­sql-serverdocs.oxfordsemantic.tech
DeveloperGoogleMicrosoftOxford Semantic TechnologiesMireo
Initial release2014198920172020
Current release2.1.12, February 2017SQL Server 2022, November 20226.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial inforestricted free version is availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++C++C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyes infoRDF schemasyes
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.noyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternyesnoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
C++
Delphi
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Visual Basic
C
Java
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoTransact SQL, .NET languages, R, Python and (with SQL Server 2019) Javano
TriggersUsing read-only observersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonetables can be distributed across several files (horizontal partitioning); sharding through federationFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes, but depending on the SQL-Server Editionreplication via a shared file systemReal-time block device replication (DRBD)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setupsImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infousing MemoryDByesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRoles, resources, and access typesyes

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