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DBMS > DataFS vs. Elasticsearch vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. Solr

System Properties Comparison DataFS vs. Elasticsearch vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. Solr

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NameDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonElasticsearch  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonSolr  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAll data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.A distributed, RESTful modern search and analytics engine based on Apache Lucene infoElasticsearch lets you perform and combine many types of searches such as structured, unstructured, geo, and metricA containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilityA widely used distributed, scalable search engine based on Apache Lucene
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMSSearch engineDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Search engine
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Vector DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.09
Rank#360  Overall
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score132.83
Rank#7  Overall
#1  Search engines
Score3.54
Rank#84  Overall
#14  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#45  Relational DBMS
Score41.02
Rank#24  Overall
#3  Search engines
Websitenewdatabase.comwww.elastic.co/­elasticsearchwww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-irissolr.apache.org
Technical documentationdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspwww.elastic.co/­guide/­en/­elasticsearch/­reference/­current/­index.htmldocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clssolr.apache.org/­resources.html
DeveloperMobiland AGElasticInterSystemsApache Software Foundation
Initial release2018201020182006
Current release1.1.263, October 20228.6, January 20232023.3, June 20239.6.1, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoElastic LicensecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaJava
Server operating systemsWindowsAll OS with a Java VMAIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
All OS with a Java VM inforuns as a servlet in servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty is included)
Data schemeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)schema-free infoFlexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistentdepending on used data modelyes infoDynamic Fields enables on-the-fly addition of new fields
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infosupports customizable data types and automatic typing
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.nonoyesyes
Secondary indexesnoyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languageyesSolr Parallel SQL Interface
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
.Net
Groovy
Community Contributed Clients
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Erlang
Java
JavaScript
any language that supports sockets and either XML or JSON
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesJava plugins
Triggersno, except callback-events from server when changes happenedyes infoby using the 'percolation' featureyesyes infoUser configurable commands triggered on index changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesProprietary Sharding systemShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoES-Hadoop Connectornospark-solr: github.com/­lucidworks/­spark-solr and streaming expressions to reduce
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoSynchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, allImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noMemcached and Redis integrationyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlWindows-Profileyesyes
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