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DBMS > Apache Ignite vs. Ingres vs. Transwarp Hippo

System Properties Comparison Apache Ignite vs. Ingres vs. Transwarp Hippo

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NameApache Ignite  Xexclude from comparisonIngres  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp Hippo  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApache Ignite is a memory-centric distributed database, caching, and processing platform for transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads, delivering in-memory speeds at petabyte scale.Well established RDBMSCloud-native distributed Vector DBMS that supports storage, retrieval, and management of massive vector-based datasets
Primary database modelKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSVector DBMS
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Score3.10
Rank#82  Overall
#12  Key-value stores
#43  Relational DBMS
Score3.28
Rank#78  Overall
#42  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#382  Overall
#21  Vector DBMS
Websiteignite.apache.orgwww.actian.com/­databases/­ingreswww.transwarp.cn/­en/­subproduct/­hippo
Technical documentationapacheignite.readme.io/­docsdocs.actian.com/­ingres
DeveloperApache Software FoundationActian Corporation
Initial release20151974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s2023
Current release2.16.0, December 202312.0, July 20241.0, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++, Java, .NetCC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Data schemeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesVector, Numeric and String
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.yesno infobut tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files availableno
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLyesno
APIs and other access methodsHDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C++
Java
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)yesno
Triggersyes (cache interceptors and events)yesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneouslySharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes (replicated cache)Ingres Replicator
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)nono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCCyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based access control and fine grained access rights

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