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DBMS > OrigoDB vs. SpaceTime vs. Sphinx vs. Teradata Aster

System Properties Comparison OrigoDB vs. SpaceTime vs. Sphinx vs. Teradata Aster

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NameOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  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 fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.Open source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databasesPlatform for big data analytics on multistructured data sources and types
Primary database modelDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Spatial DBMSSearch engineRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#53  Document stores
#20  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score5.98
Rank#56  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websiteorigodb.comwww.mireo.com/­spacetimesphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationorigodb.com/­docssphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperRobert Friberg et alMireoSphinx Technologies Inc.Teradata
Initial release2009 infounder the name LiveDB202020012005
Current release3.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC#C++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
LinuxFreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesFlexible 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 dateUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyesnoyes
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.no infocan be achieved using .NETnoyes infoin Aster File Store
Secondary indexesyesnoyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoA subset of ANSI SQL is implementedSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)yes
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP APIProprietary protocolADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languages.NetC#
C++
Python
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
C
C#
C++
Java
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonoR packages
Triggersyes infoDomain Eventsnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedFixed-grid hypercubesSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationReal-time block device replication (DRBD)noneyes 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 methodsnononoyes infoSQL Map-Reduce Framework
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritydepending on modelnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoWrite ahead logyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlRole based authorizationyesnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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