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DBMS > Altibase vs. Apache IoTDB vs. Derby vs. EsgynDB vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison Altibase vs. Apache IoTDB vs. Derby vs. EsgynDB vs. SwayDB

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NameAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSAn IoT native database with high performance for data management and analysis, deployable on the edge and the cloud and integrated with Hadoop, Spark and FlinkFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Enterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
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Score1.07
Rank#186  Overall
#87  Relational DBMS
Score1.18
Rank#173  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Score4.71
Rank#69  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Score0.16
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#382  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
Websitealtibase.comiotdb.apache.orgdb.apache.org/­derbywww.esgyn.cnswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualsiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmldb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.html
DeveloperAltibaseApache Software FoundationApache Software FoundationEsgynSimer Plaha
Initial release19992018199720152018
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 20231.1.0, April 202310.17.1.0, November 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaJavaC++, JavaScala
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
All OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)All OS with a Java VMLinux
Data schemeyesyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesno
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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL-92SQL-like query languageyesyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
JDBC
Native API
JDBCADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
JavaAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetJava
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresstored procedures and stored functionsyesJava Stored ProceduresJava Stored Proceduresno
Triggersyesyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)noneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication between multi datacentersnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACIDAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno

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