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DBMS > MonetDB vs. Oracle Berkeley DB vs. PieCloudDB vs. SpaceTime

System Properties Comparison MonetDB vs. Oracle Berkeley DB vs. PieCloudDB vs. SpaceTime

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NameMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Berkeley DB  Xexclude from comparisonPieCloudDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA relational database management system that stores data in columnsWidely used in-process key-value storeA cloud-native analytic database platform with new technologoy for elastic MPPSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value store infosupports sorted and unsorted key sets
Native XML DBMS infoin the Oracle Berkeley DB XML version
Relational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score2.01
Rank#126  Overall
#21  Key-value stores
#3  Native XML DBMS
Score0.32
Rank#289  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#392  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.monetdb.orgwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­berkeleydb.htmlwww.openpie.comwww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationdocs.oracle.com/­cd/­E17076_05/­html/­index.html
DeveloperMonetDB BVOracle infooriginally developed by Sleepycat, which was acquired by OracleOpenPieMireo
Initial release200419942020
Current releaseDec2023 (11.49), December 202318.1.40, May 20202.1, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infocommercial license availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageCC, Java, C++ (depending on the Berkeley DB edition)C++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
Android
FreeBSD
iOS
Linux
OS X
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
hostedLinux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes
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.yes infoonly with the Berkeley DB XML editionno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsyes infoSQL interfaced based on SQLite is availableyesA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net infoFigaro is a .Net framework assembly that extends Berkeley DB XML into an embeddable database engine for .NET
others infoThird-party libraries to manipulate Berkeley DB files are available for many languages
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js) info3rd party binding
Perl
Python
Tcl
Java
PL/SQL
Python
R
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes, in SQL, C, Rnouser defined functionsno
Triggersyesyes infoonly for the SQL APInono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding via remote tablesnoneyesFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusSource-replica replicationyesReal-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
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
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 persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoUser Roles and pluggable authentication with full SQL Standardyes
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MonetDBOracle Berkeley DBPieCloudDBSpaceTime
Specific characteristicsPieCloudDB, OpenPie's flagship product, is a cutting-edge cloud-native data warehouse....
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Competitive advantagesExtreme Elastic: PieCloudDB utilizes a cutting-edge eMPP cloud-native architecture...
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Typical application scenariosPieCloudDB is ideal for Data mining applications that require extreme scalability...
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Key customersSail-Cloud China Shipbuilding Group Haizhou System Soochow Securities ​etc.,
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Licensing and pricing modelsPieCloudDB Community Edition: Community License, Free Download, Self-Hosted Deployment;...
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