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DBMS > MonetDB vs. OushuDB vs. PostGIS

System Properties Comparison MonetDB vs. OushuDB vs. PostGIS

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NameMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonOushuDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA relational database management system that stores data in columnsA data warehouse powered by Apache HAWQ supporting descriptive analysis and advanced machine learningSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score1.72
Rank#135  Overall
#62  Relational DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#357  Overall
#151  Relational DBMS
Score20.16
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.monetdb.orgwww.oushu.com/­product/­oushuDBpostgis.net
Technical documentationwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationwww.oushu.com/­documentationpostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperMonetDB BVOushu
Initial release20042005
Current releaseDec2023 (11.49), December 20234.0.1, August 20203.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0commercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageCC
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyes
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.yes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsFull-featured ANSI SQL supportyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes, in SQL, C, Ryesuser defined functions
Triggersyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding via remote tablesyesyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoHadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID
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.no
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardKerberos, SSL and role based accessyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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