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System Properties Comparison Apache IoTDB vs. ArcadeDB vs. Ehcache vs. Firebird vs. H2GIS

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NameApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonArcadeDB  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonFirebird  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn IoT native database with high performance for data management and analysis, deployable on the edge and the cloud and integrated with Hadoop, Spark and FlinkFast and scalable multi-model DBMS, originally forked from OrientDB but most of the code has been rewrittenA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsFirebird is an open source RDBMS forked from Borland's InterBaseSpatial extension of H2
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Time Series DBMS infoin next version
Key-value storeRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score1.18
Rank#173  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Score0.02
Rank#366  Overall
#50  Document stores
#38  Graph DBMS
#53  Key-value stores
#36  Time Series DBMS
Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score20.82
Rank#30  Overall
#18  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Websiteiotdb.apache.orgarcadedb.comwww.ehcache.orgwww.firebirdsql.orgwww.h2gis.org
Technical documentationiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmldocs.arcadedb.comwww.ehcache.org/­documentationwww.firebirdsql.org/­en/­reference-manualswww.h2gis.org/­docs/­home
DeveloperApache Software FoundationArcade DataTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGFirebird FoundationCNRS
Initial release2018202120092000 infoAs fork of Borland's InterBase2013
Current release1.1.0, April 2023September 20213.10.0, March 20225.0.0, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoInitial Developer's Public LicenseOpen Source infoLGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaJavaC and C++Java
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)All OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VMAIX
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
server-less infoFirebird Embedded Server
Solaris
Unix
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language, no joinsnoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Native API
JDBC
MongoDB API
OpenCypher
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Redis API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
TinkerPop Gremlin
JCacheADO.NET
C/C++ API
JDBC infoJaybird
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
JavaJavaC
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoPSQLyes infobased on H2
Triggersyesyes infoCache Event Listenersyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)Sharding infoby using Terracotta Servernonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasSource-replica replicationyes infoby using Terracotta ServerSource-replica replicationyes infobased on H2
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Immediate ConsistencyTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes inforelationship in graphsnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoFeatures a multi-generational MVCC architecture, readers do not block writersyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnoUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptyes infobased on H2

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