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DBMS > Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. PostGIS vs. SiteWhere

System Properties Comparison Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. PostGIS vs. SiteWhere

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NameMicrosoft Azure Table Storage  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA Wide Column Store for rapid development using massive semi-structured datasetsSpatial extension of PostgreSQLM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series data
Primary database modelWide column storeSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score3.55
Rank#80  Overall
#6  Wide column stores
Score20.16
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#347  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Websiteazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­storage/­tablespostgis.netgithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewhere
Technical documentationpostgis.net/­documentationsitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
DeveloperMicrosoftSiteWhere
Initial release201220052010
Current release3.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnono
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Implementation languageCJava
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyespredefined scheme
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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 indexesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesno
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIHTTP REST
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functions
Triggersnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyes infobased on PostgreSQLSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoimplicit feature of the cloud service. Replication either local, cross-facility or geo-redundant.yes infobased on PostgreSQLselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataoptimistic lockingACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights based on private key authentication or shared access signaturesyes infobased on PostgreSQLUsers with fine-grained authorization concept

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