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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Ingres vs. OpenQM vs. Quasardb

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Ingres vs. OpenQM vs. Quasardb

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonIngres  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryWell established RDBMSQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSMultivalue DBMSTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score4.11
Rank#81  Overall
#44  Relational DBMS
Score0.27
Rank#298  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.actian.com/­databases/­ingreswww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmquasar.ai
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.actian.com/­ingresdoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffActian CorporationRocket Software, originally Martin Phillipsquasardb
Initial release20141974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s19932009
Current release11.2, May 20223.4-123.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availablecommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptCC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyes infowith some exceptionsschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes infointeger and binary
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 infobut tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files availableyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesnoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript API.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyesno
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneouslyyesSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneIngres ReplicatoryesSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononowith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoMVCCyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail

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