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System Properties Comparison Oracle Rdb vs. SiriDB vs. SpaceTime vs. Sphinx

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NameOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparisonSiriDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen Source Time Series DBMSSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.Open source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score1.08
Rank#187  Overall
#85  Relational DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#346  Overall
#32  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#396  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Score6.03
Rank#60  Overall
#6  Search engines
Websitewww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlsiridb.comwww.mireo.com/­spacetimesphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.htmldocs.siridb.comsphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperOracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)CesbitMireoSphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release1984201720202001
Current release7.4.1.1, 20213.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT LicensecommercialOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCC++C++
Server operating systemsHP Open VMSLinuxLinuxFreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoNumeric datayesno
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoA subset of ANSI SQL is implementedSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methodsHTTP APIRESTful HTTP APIProprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
C#
C++
Python
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingFixed-grid hypercubesSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesReal-time block device replication (DRBD)none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
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 datayes, on a single nodenonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accountsyesno

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