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DBMS > MonetDB vs. mSQL vs. OrigoDB vs. PostGIS vs. Teradata Aster

System Properties Comparison MonetDB vs. mSQL vs. OrigoDB vs. PostGIS vs. Teradata Aster

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NameMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata Aster  Xexclude from comparison
Teradata Aster has been integrated into other Teradata systems and therefore will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionA relational database management system that stores data in columnsmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseSpatial extension of PostgreSQLPlatform for big data analytics on multistructured data sources and types
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Spatial DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score1.72
Rank#145  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Score1.27
Rank#167  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#53  Document stores
#20  Object oriented DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.monetdb.orghughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlorigodb.compostgis.net
Technical documentationwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationorigodb.com/­docspostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperMonetDB BVHughes TechnologiesRobert Friberg et alTeradata
Initial release200419942009 infounder the name LiveDB20052005
Current releaseDec2023 (11.49), December 20234.4, October 20213.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0commercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCCC#C
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free) infodefined schema within the relational store; partial schema or schema free in the Aster File Store
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyesyes
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.nono infocan be achieved using .NETyesyes infoin Aster File Store
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersnoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
.NetC
C#
C++
Java
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes, in SQL, C, Rnoyesuser defined functionsR packages
Triggersyesnoyes infoDomain Eventsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding via remote tablesnonehorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedyes infobased on PostgreSQLSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusnoneSource-replica replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQLyes infoDimension tables are replicated across all nodes in the cluster. The number of replicas for the file store can be configured.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoyes infoSQL Map-Reduce Framework
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnodepending on modelyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesnoyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoWrite ahead logyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoRole based authorizationyes infobased on PostgreSQLfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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