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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache IoTDB vs. Newts vs. NuoDB vs. SAP IQ

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache IoTDB vs. Newts vs. NuoDB vs. SAP IQ

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAn IoT native database with high performance for data management and analysis, deployable on the edge and the cloud and integrated with Hadoop, Spark and FlinkTime Series DBMS based on CassandraNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analytics
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn-oriented
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.18
Rank#173  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score0.89
Rank#198  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgiotdb.apache.orgopennms.github.io/­newtswww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasewww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.html
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqliotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmlgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikidoc.nuodb.comhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQ
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software FoundationOpenNMS GroupDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.SAP, formerly Sybase
Initial release20142018201420131994
Current release1.1.0, April 202316.1 SPS04, April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial infolimited edition freecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaJavaC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)Linux
OS X
Windows
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like query languagenoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
Native API
HTTP REST
Java API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
Java.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnoJava, SQLyes
Triggersyesyesnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)Sharding infobased on Cassandradata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandrayes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBSAP/Sybase Replication Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoIntegration with Hadoop and SparknonoHadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Eventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenonoACID infotunable commit protocolACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyes infoTemporary tableno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyesnoStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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