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DBMS > CockroachDB vs. Ingres vs. Spark SQL vs. Trafodion vs. Transwarp StellarDB

System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. Ingres vs. Spark SQL vs. Trafodion vs. Transwarp StellarDB

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonIngres  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp StellarDB  Xexclude from comparison
Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
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.Well established RDBMSSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMSA distributed graph DBMS built for enterprise-level graph applications
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
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Score6.15
Rank#55  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score4.11
Rank#81  Overall
#44  Relational DBMS
Score18.96
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#39  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.actian.com/­databases/­ingresspark.apache.org/­sqltrafodion.apache.orgwww.transwarp.cn/­en/­product/­stellardb
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.actian.com/­ingresspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmltrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.html
DeveloperCockroach LabsActian CorporationApache Software FoundationApache Software Foundation, originally developed by HPTranswarp
Initial release20151974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s20142014
Current release23.1.1, May 202311.2, May 20223.5.0 ( 2.13), September 20232.3.0, February 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoCScalaC++, Java
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemedynamic schemayesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 infobut tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files availablenono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyesSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OpenCypher
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Java
Python
R
Scala
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnoJava Stored Procedures
Triggersnoyesnono
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 RAFThorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneouslyyes, utilizing Spark CoreShardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTIngres Replicatornoneyes, via HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes infovia user defined functions and HBase
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCCyesyesyes
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.nononono
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes

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