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System Properties Comparison Apache Phoenix vs. DataFS vs. IBM Db2 vs. InfluxDB vs. jBASE

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NameApache Phoenix  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA scale-out RDBMS with evolutionary schema built on Apache HBaseAll data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.Common in IBM host environments, 2 different versions for host and Windows/LinuxDBMS for storing time series, events and metricsA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middleware
Primary database modelRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMS infoSince Version 10.5 support for JSON/BSON documents compatible with MongoDBTime Series DBMSMultivalue DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMSDocument store
RDF store infoin Db2 LUW (Linux, Unix, Windows)
Spatial DBMS infowith Db2 Spatial Extender
Spatial DBMS infowith GEO package
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.06
Rank#123  Overall
#58  Relational DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#360  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Score125.90
Rank#9  Overall
#6  Relational DBMS
Score24.39
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Websitephoenix.apache.orgnewdatabase.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2www.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbase
Technical documentationphoenix.apache.orgdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspwww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2docs.influxdata.com/­influxdbdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9
DeveloperApache Software FoundationMobiland AGIBMRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)
Initial release201420181983 infohost version20131991
Current release5.0-HBase2, July 2018 and 4.15-HBase1, December 20191.1.263, October 202212.1, October 20162.7.6, April 20245.7
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercial infofree version is availableOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC and C++Go
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows
WindowsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
Linux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
AIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyes infolate-bound, schema-on-read capabilitiesClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)yesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesNumeric data and Stringsoptional
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyesSQL-like query languageEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASIC
APIs and other access methodsJDBC.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
ADO.NET
JDBC
JSON style queries infoMongoDB compatible
ODBC
XQuery
HTTP API
JSON over UDP
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
C
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyesnoyes
Triggersnono, except callback-events from server when changes happenedyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingProprietary Sharding systemSharding infoonly with Windows/Unix/Linux VersionSharding infoin enterprise version onlySharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes infowith separate tools (MQ, InfoSphere)selectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlyyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsHadoop integrationnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDnoACID
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.yesnoyes infoDepending on used storage engineyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (using HBase ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC, multi-tenancyWindows-Profilefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple rights management via user accountsAccess rights can be defined down to the item level
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Apache PhoenixDataFSIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2InfluxDBjBASE
Specific characteristicsInfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB , the open source time series database. It...
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Competitive advantagesTime to Value InfluxDB is available in all the popular languages and frameworks,...
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Typical application scenariosIoT & Sensor Monitoring Developers are witnessing the instrumentation of every available...
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Key customersInfluxData has more than 1,900 paying customers, including customers include MuleSoft,...
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Market metricsFastest-growing database to drive 27,500 GitHub stars Over 750,000 daily active instances
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source core with closed source clustering available either on-premise or on...
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