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System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. IBM Db2 vs. jBASE vs. OpenEdge vs. Tibero

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparisonTibero  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.Common in IBM host environments, 2 different versions for host and Windows/LinuxA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareApplication development environment with integrated database management systemA secure RDBMS, designed for easy portability from Oracle
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infoSince Version 10.5 support for JSON/BSON documents compatible with MongoDBMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store infoin Db2 LUW (Linux, Unix, Windows)
Spatial DBMS infowith Db2 Spatial Extender
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Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score125.90
Rank#9  Overall
#6  Relational DBMS
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score3.45
Rank#85  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Score1.59
Rank#148  Overall
#68  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2www.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasewww.progress.com/­openedgeus.tmaxsoft.com/­products/­tibero
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docswww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2docs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9documentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latesttechnet.tmaxsoft.com/­upload/­download/­online/­tibero/­pver-20150504-000002/­index.html
DeveloperCockroach LabsIBMRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Progress Software CorporationTmaxSoft
Initial release20151983 infohost version199119842003
Current release24.1.0, May 202412.1, October 20165.7OpenEdge 12.2, March 20206, April 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercial infofree version is availablecommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoC and C++C and Assembler
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
AIX
Linux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemedynamic schemayesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptionalyesyes
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.noyesyesyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyesEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICyes infoclose to SQL 92yes
APIs and other access methodsJDBCADO.NET
JDBC
JSON style queries infoMongoDB compatible
ODBC
XQuery
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Tibero CLI
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
Progress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)C
C#
C++
Cobol
Java
Objective-C
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyesyesPersistent Stored Procedure (PSM)
Triggersnoyesyesyesyes
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 infosince Version 11.4horizontal partitioning infoby range, hash, list or composite
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTyes infowith separate tools (MQ, InfoSphere)yesSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACIDACID
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.noyesnono infoplanned for next version
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard (SQL 92, SQL 99)

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