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DBMS > Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Informix vs. PostgreSQL vs. Rockset vs. STSdb

System Properties Comparison Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Informix vs. PostgreSQL vs. Rockset vs. STSdb

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NameAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonInformix  Xexclude from comparisonPostgreSQL  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksA secure embeddable database from IBM, positioned besides IBM Db2 as a relatively low-cost product optimized for OLTP and Internet of Things dataWidely used open source RDBMS infoDeveloped as objectoriented DBMS (Postgres), gradually enhanced with 'standards' like SQLA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypes compatible with MongoDBRelational DBMS infowith object oriented extensions, e.g.: user defined types/functions and inheritance. Handling of key/value pairs with hstore module.Document storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS infowith Informix TimeSeries Extension
Document store
Graph DBMS infowith Apache Age
Spatial DBMS
Vector DBMS infowith pgvector extension
Relational DBMS
Search engine
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Score17.87
Rank#35  Overall
#22  Relational DBMS
Score645.54
Rank#4  Overall
#4  Relational DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Websiteatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorywww.ibm.com/­products/­informixwww.postgresql.orgrockset.comgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationinformix.hcldoc.com
www.ibm.com/­support/­knowledgecenter/­SSGU8G/­welcomeIfxServers.html
www.postgresql.org/­docsdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperAtos Convergence CreatorsIBM, HCL Technologies infoEffective May 1st, 2017, HCL took on development, technical support, and product management teams, and works jointly with IBM on product strategy, marketing, and sales.PostgreSQL Global Development Group infowww.postgresql.org/­developerRocksetSTS Soft SC
Initial release201619841989 info1989: Postgres, 1996: PostgreSQL20192011
Current release170314.10.FC5, November 202016.3, May 20244.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoBSDcommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaC, C++ and JavaCC++C#
Server operating systemsLinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
NetBSD
OpenBSD
OS X
Solaris
Unix
Windows
hostedWindows
Data schemeSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateoptionalyes infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypesyesdynamic typingyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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.yesyes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.no infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesyesyesyesall fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyes infostandard with numerous extensionsRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsno
APIs and other access methodsLDAPJDBC
JSON API infoMongoDB compatible
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
HTTP REST.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesAll languages with LDAP bindings.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesuser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.nono
Triggersyesyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infocell divisionShardingpartitioning by range, list and (since PostgreSQL 11) by hashAutomatic shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replication infoother methods possible by using 3rd party extensionsyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDACIDnono
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.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlLDAP bind authenticationUsers with fine-grained authentication, authorization, and auditing controlsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleno

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