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System Properties Comparison Apache Pinot vs. Ignite vs. InfinityDB vs. Ingres vs. Interbase

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NameApache Pinot  Xexclude from comparisonIgnite  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonIngres  Xexclude from comparisonInterbase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionRealtime distributed OLAP datastore, designed to answer OLAP queries with low latencyApache Ignite is a memory-centric distributed database, caching, and processing platform for transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads, delivering in-memory speeds at petabyte scale.A Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceWell established RDBMSLight-weight proven RDBMS infooriginally from Borland
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.58
Rank#244  Overall
#111  Relational DBMS
Score3.64
Rank#89  Overall
#13  Key-value stores
#48  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#359  Overall
#54  Key-value stores
Score4.67
Rank#77  Overall
#42  Relational DBMS
Score5.04
Rank#71  Overall
#39  Relational DBMS
Websitepinot.apache.orgignite.apache.orgboilerbay.comwww.actian.com/­databases/­ingreswww.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbase
Technical documentationdocs.pinot.apache.orgapacheignite.readme.io/­docsboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualdocs.actian.com/­ingresdocs.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbase
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsApache Software FoundationBoiler Bay Inc.Actian CorporationEmbarcadero
Initial release2015201520021974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s1984
Current release1.0.0, September 2023Apache Ignite 2.64.011.2, May 2022InterBase 2020, December 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++, Java, .NetJavaCC
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java JDK11 or higherLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VMAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyesyes
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.yesnono infobut tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files availableno infoexport as XML data possible
Secondary indexesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLnoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBCHDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
Python
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Java.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Object Pascal
PHP
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)noyesyes infoInterbase procedure and trigger language
Triggersyes (cache interceptors and events)noyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningShardingnonehorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneouslynone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes (replicated cache)noneIngres ReplicatorInterbase Change Views
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)nonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyes infoMultiversion concurreny control
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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