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MariaDB vs OpenLink Virtuoso

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Overview

MariaDB
MariaDB
Stacks16.5K
Followers12.8K
Votes468
GitHub Stars6.6K
Forks1.9K
OpenLink Virtuoso
OpenLink Virtuoso
Stacks3
Followers6
Votes0

MariaDB vs OpenLink Virtuoso: What are the differences?

Developers describe MariaDB as "An enhanced, drop-in replacement for MySQL". Started by core members of the original MySQL team, MariaDB actively works with outside developers to deliver the most featureful, stable, and sanely licensed open SQL server in the industry. MariaDB is designed as a drop-in replacement of MySQL(R) with more features, new storage engines, fewer bugs, and better performance. On the other hand, OpenLink Virtuoso is detailed as "A database management system for businesses of all sizes". It is the first cross-platform Universal Server to implement Web, File, and Database server functionality alongside Native XML Storage, and Universal Data Access Middleware, as a single server solution.

MariaDB and OpenLink Virtuoso can be categorized as "Databases" tools.

Some of the features offered by MariaDB are:

  • Replication
  • Insert Delayed
  • Events

On the other hand, OpenLink Virtuoso provides the following key features:

  • Virtualization of ODBC- and/or JDBC-accessible Disparate Data Sources
  • Virtualization of Storage Services across Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive, Box, Amazon S3, Rackspace etc
  • Supports SQL and/or SPARQL query access from ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET, or OLE DB compliant apps and services

MariaDB is an open source tool with 3.27K GitHub stars and 982 GitHub forks. Here's a link to MariaDB's open source repository on GitHub.

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Advice on MariaDB, OpenLink Virtuoso

Omran
Omran

CTO & Co-founder at Bonton Connect

Jun 19, 2020

Needs advice

We actually use both Mongo and SQL databases in production. Mongo excels in both speed and developer friendliness when it comes to geospatial data and queries on the geospatial data, but we also like ACID compliance hence most of our other data (except on-site logs) are stored in a SQL Database (MariaDB for now)

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Detailed Comparison

MariaDB
MariaDB
OpenLink Virtuoso
OpenLink Virtuoso

Started by core members of the original MySQL team, MariaDB actively works with outside developers to deliver the most featureful, stable, and sanely licensed open SQL server in the industry. MariaDB is designed as a drop-in replacement of MySQL(R) with more features, new storage engines, fewer bugs, and better performance.

It is the first cross-platform Universal Server to implement Web, File, and Database server functionality alongside Native XML Storage, and Universal Data Access Middleware, as a single server solution.

Replication;Insert Delayed;Events;Dynamic;Columns;Full-text;Search;GIS;Locale;Settings;subqueries;Timezones;Triggers;XML;Functions;Views;SSL;Show Profile
Virtualization of ODBC- and/or JDBC-accessible Disparate Data Sources; Virtualization of Storage Services across Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive, Box, Amazon S3, Rackspace etc; Supports SQL and/or SPARQL query access from ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET, or OLE DB compliant apps and services; Blistering Performance and Scalability as demonstrated by DBpedia and a majority of the nodes in the massive Linked Open Data Cloud (or KnowledgeGraph); Built-in and Custom Reasoning & Inference Capability that's critical for modern AI and Digital Transformation initiatives; Attributed-based Access Controls for ultra flexible security and data privacy; Open Standards compliant interfaces for client and server interaction entry points; Use of Hyperlinks as Super Keys for constructing powerful Knowledge Graphs that manifest as a Semantic Web of Linked Data
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GitHub Stars
6.6K
GitHub Stars
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GitHub Forks
1.9K
GitHub Forks
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Stacks
16.5K
Stacks
3
Followers
12.8K
Followers
6
Votes
468
Votes
0
Pros & Cons
Pros
  • 149
    Drop-in mysql replacement
  • 100
    Great performance
  • 74
    Open source
  • 55
    Free
  • 44
    Easy setup
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What are some alternatives to MariaDB, OpenLink Virtuoso?

MongoDB

MongoDB

MongoDB stores data in JSON-like documents that can vary in structure, offering a dynamic, flexible schema. MongoDB was also designed for high availability and scalability, with built-in replication and auto-sharding.

MySQL

MySQL

The MySQL software delivers a very fast, multi-threaded, multi-user, and robust SQL (Structured Query Language) database server. MySQL Server is intended for mission-critical, heavy-load production systems as well as for embedding into mass-deployed software.

PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types and functions.

Microsoft SQL Server

Microsoft SQL Server

Microsoft® SQL Server is a database management and analysis system for e-commerce, line-of-business, and data warehousing solutions.

SQLite

SQLite

SQLite is an embedded SQL database engine. Unlike most other SQL databases, SQLite does not have a separate server process. SQLite reads and writes directly to ordinary disk files. A complete SQL database with multiple tables, indices, triggers, and views, is contained in a single disk file.

Cassandra

Cassandra

Partitioning means that Cassandra can distribute your data across multiple machines in an application-transparent matter. Cassandra will automatically repartition as machines are added and removed from the cluster. Row store means that like relational databases, Cassandra organizes data by rows and columns. The Cassandra Query Language (CQL) is a close relative of SQL.

Memcached

Memcached

Memcached is an in-memory key-value store for small chunks of arbitrary data (strings, objects) from results of database calls, API calls, or page rendering.

RethinkDB

RethinkDB

RethinkDB is built to store JSON documents, and scale to multiple machines with very little effort. It has a pleasant query language that supports really useful queries like table joins and group by, and is easy to setup and learn.

ArangoDB

ArangoDB

A distributed free and open-source database with a flexible data model for documents, graphs, and key-values. Build high performance applications using a convenient SQL-like query language or JavaScript extensions.

InfluxDB

InfluxDB

InfluxDB is a scalable datastore for metrics, events, and real-time analytics. It has a built-in HTTP API so you don't have to write any server side code to get up and running. InfluxDB is designed to be scalable, simple to install and manage, and fast to get data in and out.

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