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DBMS > Apache IoTDB vs. ArcadeDB vs. IBM Db2 Event Store vs. SAP IQ vs. Sequoiadb

System Properties Comparison Apache IoTDB vs. ArcadeDB vs. IBM Db2 Event Store vs. SAP IQ vs. Sequoiadb

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NameApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonArcadeDB  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 Event Store  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  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 rewrittenDistributed Event Store optimized for Internet of Things use casesColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQL
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Time Series DBMS infoin next version
Event Store
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMS infocolumn-orientedDocument store
Relational 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
Score0.19
Rank#323  Overall
#2  Event Stores
#28  Time Series DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Score0.45
Rank#261  Overall
#41  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Websiteiotdb.apache.orgarcadedb.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2-event-storewww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmlwww.sequoiadb.com
Technical documentationiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmldocs.arcadedb.comwww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2-event-storehelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
DeveloperApache Software FoundationArcade DataIBMSAP, formerly SybaseSequoiadb Ltd.
Initial release20182021201719942013
Current release1.1.0, April 2023September 20212.016.1 SPS04, April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree developer edition availablecommercialOpen Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC and C++C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)All OS with a Java VMLinux infoLinux, macOS, Windows for the developer additionAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regex
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 indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language, no joinsyes infothrough the embedded Spark runtimeyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Native API
JDBC
MongoDB API
OpenCypher
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Redis API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
TinkerPop Gremlin
ADO.NET
DB2 Connect
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
proprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
JavaC
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesyesJavaScript
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)Shardingshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ MultiplexerSharding
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 replicationActive-active shard replicationSAP/Sybase Replication ServerSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsIntegration with Hadoop and SparknonoHadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Immediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes inforelationship in graphsnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACIDDocument is locked during a transaction
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesNo - written data is immutableyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesYes - Synchronous writes to local disk combined with replication and asynchronous writes in parquet format to permanent shared storageyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple password-based access control

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