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System Properties Comparison Axibase vs. dBASE vs. eXtremeDB vs. IBM Db2 warehouse

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NameAxibase  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on HBase with integrated rule engine and visualizationdBase was one of the first databases with a development environment on PC's. Its latest version dBase V is still sold as dBase classic, which needs a DOS Emulation. The up-to-date product is dBase plus.Natively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringCloud-based data warehousing service
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score0.35
Rank#282  Overall
#25  Time Series DBMS
Score9.70
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score0.80
Rank#214  Overall
#99  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score1.37
Rank#160  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Websiteaxibase.com/­docs/­atsd/­financewww.dbase.comwww.mcobject.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2/­warehouse
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasewww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htm
DeveloperAxibase CorporationAsthon TateMcObjectIBM
Initial release2013197920012014
Current release15585dBASE 2019, 20198.2, 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoCommunity Edition (single node) is free, Enterprise Edition (distributed) is paidcommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaC and C++
Server operating systemsLinuxDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoshort, integer, long, float, double, decimal, stringyesyesyes
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.nono infosupport of XML interfaces availableno infoImport/export of XML data possible
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenoyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Proprietary protocol (Network API)
RESTful HTTP API
none infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources..NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
dBase proprietary IDE.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.yesPL/SQL, SQL PL
Triggersyesnoyes infoby defining eventsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonehorizontal partitioning / shardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneActive Replication Fabricâ„¢ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
yes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyes
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.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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Licensing and pricing modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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