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System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. IBM Db2 vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. OpenEdge vs. Sadas Engine

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.Common in IBM host environments, 2 different versions for host and Windows/LinuxA containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilityApplication development environment with integrated database management systemSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environments
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMS infoSince Version 10.5 support for JSON/BSON documents compatible with MongoDBDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store infoin Db2 LUW (Linux, Unix, Windows)
Spatial DBMS infowith Db2 Spatial Extender
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Score0.80
Rank#215  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score125.90
Rank#9  Overall
#6  Relational DBMS
Score3.54
Rank#84  Overall
#14  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#45  Relational DBMS
Score3.45
Rank#85  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#373  Overall
#157  Relational DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2www.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-iriswww.progress.com/­openedgewww.sadasengine.com
Technical documentationwww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2docs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clsdocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latestwww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentation
DeveloperIBMInterSystemsProgress Software CorporationSADAS s.r.l.
Initial release20131983 infohost version201819842006
Current release12.1, October 20162023.3, June 2023OpenEdge 12.2, March 20208.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT Licensecommercial infofree version is availablecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree trial version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoC and C++C++
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
AIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesdepending on used data modelyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
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.noyesyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyesyes infoclose to SQL 92yes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
JSON style queries infoMongoDB compatible
ODBC
XQuery
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesGoC
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Progress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language).Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyesyesno
Triggersnoyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoonly with Windows/Unix/Linux VersionShardinghorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4horizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infowith separate tools (MQ, InfoSphere)Source-replica replicationSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDACIDACID
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.noyesnoyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesUsers and groupsAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard
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