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DBMS > CockroachDB vs. IBM Db2 warehouse vs. jBASE vs. Kinetica vs. VelocityDB

System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. IBM Db2 warehouse vs. jBASE vs. Kinetica vs. VelocityDB

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDB  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  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.Cloud-based data warehousing serviceA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score1.37
Rank#160  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.66
Rank#234  Overall
#107  Relational DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#354  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2/­warehousewww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasewww.kinetica.comvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9docs.kinetica.comvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperCockroach LabsIBMRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)KineticaVelocityDB Inc
Initial release20152014199120122011
Current release24.1.0, May 20245.77.1, August 20217.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageGoC, C++C#
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
hostedAIX
Linux
Windows
LinuxAny that supports .NET
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.nono infoImport/export of XML data possibleyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyesEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICSQL-like DML and DDL statementsno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
.Net
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoPL/SQL, SQL PLyesuser defined functionsno
Triggersnoyesyesyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeCallbacks are triggered when data changes
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 RAFTShardingShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTyesyesSource-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 or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesno
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 persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelAccess rights for users and roles on table levelBased on Windows Authentication

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