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System Properties Comparison Oracle Berkeley DB vs. Raima Database Manager vs. Spark SQL vs. TimesTen vs. Transbase

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NameOracle Berkeley DB  Xexclude from comparisonRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_Vista  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWidely used in-process key-value storeRDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into an application or used as a database serverSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingIn-Memory RDBMS compatible to OracleA resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMS
Primary database modelKey-value store infosupports sorted and unsorted key sets
Native XML DBMS infoin the Oracle Berkeley DB XML version
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.21
Rank#117  Overall
#20  Key-value stores
#3  Native XML DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#259  Overall
#120  Relational DBMS
#22  Time Series DBMS
Score18.96
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score1.31
Rank#163  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#341  Overall
#150  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­berkeleydb.htmlraima.comspark.apache.org/­sqlwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.htmlwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.html
Technical documentationdocs.oracle.com/­cd/­E17076_05/­html/­index.htmldocs.raima.comspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmldocs.oracle.com/­database/­timesten-18.1www.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.html
DeveloperOracle infooriginally developed by Sleepycat, which was acquired by OracleRaima Inc.Apache Software FoundationOracle, TimesTen Performance Software, HP infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005Transaction Software GmbH
Initial release19941984201419981987
Current release18.1.40, May 202015, June 20213.5.0 ( 2.13), September 202311 Release 2 (11.2.2.8.0)Transbase 8.3, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infocommercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial infofree development license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC, Java, C++ (depending on the Berkeley DB edition)CScalaC and C++
Server operating systemsAIX
Android
FreeBSD
iOS
Linux
OS X
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
Android
HP-UX
Integrity RTOS
iOS
Linux
OS X
QNX
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
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 infoExporting/Importing of XML structures possiblenonono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoSQL interfaced based on SQLite is availableyesSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languages.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
.Net
C
C++
Objective-C
PL/SQL
Java
Python
R
Scala
C
C++
Java
PL/SQL
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infobased on the ANSI/ISO SQL Persistent Stored Modules (PSM) specificationnoPL/SQLyes
Triggersyes infoonly for the SQL APIyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningyes, utilizing Spark Corenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACIDyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoby means of logfiles and checkpointsyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnononofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Oracle Berkeley DBRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_VistaSpark SQLTimesTenTransbase
Specific characteristicsRaima Database Manager (RDM) is an embedded time-series database optimized to run...
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Competitive advantagesDecreased time-to-market Industry-standard interfaces & tools for making your job...
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Typical application scenariosTypical use cases include: Internet of Things (IoT) Embedded In-Memory Database Time-Series...
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Key customersInfor, ABB, The Boeing Company, BAE Systems, Dow Jones, Dun & Bradstreet, Fujitsu,...
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Market metricsOver 30 000 applications developers worldwide have field-tested RDM products More...
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Licensing and pricing modelsJust as the technical aspects of Raima Database Manager are flexible, so are the...
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