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DBMS > SpaceTime vs. SpatiaLite vs. STSdb vs. ToroDB

System Properties Comparison SpaceTime vs. SpatiaLite vs. STSdb vs. ToroDB

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NameSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparisonToroDB  Xexclude from comparison
ToroDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.Spatial extension of SQLiteKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing methodA MongoDB-compatible JSON document store, built on top of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSSpatial DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.03
Rank#392  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Score1.63
Rank#146  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#357  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Websitewww.mireo.com/­spacetimewww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­indexgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4github.com/­torodb/­server
Technical documentationwww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.html
DeveloperMireoAlessandro FurieriSTS Soft SC8Kdata
Initial release2020200820112016
Current release5.0.0, August 20204.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1Open Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availableOpen Source infoAGPL-V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C++C#Java
Server operating systemsLinuxserver-lessWindowsAll OS with a Java 7 VM
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)yes infostring, integer, double, boolean, date, object_id
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 indexesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLA subset of ANSI SQL is implementedyesno
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP API.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Python
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono
Triggersnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesFixed-grid hypercubesnonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesReal-time block device replication (DRBD)nonenoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnonoAccess rights for users and roles

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