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System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. Databricks vs. IBM Db2 vs. NSDb vs. OrigoDB

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionCockroachDB is a distributed database architected for modern cloud applications. It is wire compatible with PostgreSQL and backed by a Key-Value Store, which is either RocksDB or a purpose-built derivative, called Pebble.The Databricks Lakehouse Platform combines elements of data lakes and data warehouses to provide a unified view onto structured and unstructured data. It is based on Apache Spark.Common in IBM host environments, 2 different versions for host and Windows/LinuxScalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of KubernetesA fully ACID in-memory object graph database
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS infoSince Version 10.5 support for JSON/BSON documents compatible with MongoDBTime Series DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store infoin Db2 LUW (Linux, Unix, Windows)
Spatial DBMS infowith Db2 Spatial Extender
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Score6.15
Rank#55  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score78.61
Rank#15  Overall
#2  Document stores
#10  Relational DBMS
Score128.46
Rank#8  Overall
#5  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#53  Document stores
#20  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.databricks.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2nsdb.ioorigodb.com
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.databricks.comwww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2nsdb.io/­Architectureorigodb.com/­docs
DeveloperCockroach LabsDatabricksIBMRobert Friberg et al
Initial release201520131983 infohost version20172009 infounder the name LiveDB
Current release23.1.1, May 202312.1, October 2016
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialcommercial infofree version is availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageGoC and C++Java, ScalaC#
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
hostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
Linux
macOS
Linux
Windows
Data schemedynamic schemaFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes: int, bigint, decimal, stringUser defined using .NET types and collections
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.noyesnono infocan be achieved using .NET
Secondary indexesyesyesyesall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLwith Databricks SQLyesSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
JSON style queries infoMongoDB compatible
ODBC
XQuery
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Python
R
Scala
C
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
Java
Scala
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functions and aggregatesyesnoyes
Triggersnoyesyes infoDomain Events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by key range) infoall tables are translated to an ordered KV store and then broken down into 64MB ranges, which are then used as replicas in RAFTSharding infoonly with Windows/Unix/Linux VersionShardinghorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronized
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTyesyes infowith separate tools (MQ, InfoSphere)Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnodepending on model
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 persistentyesyesyesUsing Apache Luceneyes infoWrite ahead log
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based authorization
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CockroachDBDatabricksIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2NSDbOrigoDB
Specific characteristicsSupported database models : In addition to the Document store and Relational DBMS...
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