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System Properties Comparison mSQL vs. Pinecone

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NamemSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSA managed, cloud-native vector database
Primary database modelRelational DBMSVector DBMS
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Score1.26
Rank#158  Overall
#71  Relational DBMS
Score3.17
Rank#81  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Websitehughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlwww.pinecone.io
Technical documentationdocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overview
DeveloperHughes TechnologiesPinecone Systems, Inc
Initial release19942019
Current release4.4, October 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree licenses can be providedcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyes
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Implementation languageC
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesString, Number, Boolean
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
Secondary indexesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno
Triggersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datanoyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlno

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