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DBMS > DataFS vs. IBM Db2 warehouse vs. Milvus vs. SWC-DB

System Properties Comparison DataFS vs. IBM Db2 warehouse vs. Milvus vs. SWC-DB

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NameDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDB  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  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.Cloud-based data warehousing serviceA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score0.06
Rank#354  Overall
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Score1.30
Rank#164  Overall
#75  Relational DBMS
Score2.31
Rank#113  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score0.01
Rank#376  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitenewdatabase.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2/­warehousemilvus.iogithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.md
DeveloperMobiland AGIBMAlex Kashirin
Initial release2018201420192020
Current release1.1.263, October 20222.3.4, January 20240.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageC++, GoC++
Server operating systemsWindowshostedLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Linux
Data schemeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)yesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesVector, Numeric and String
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 possiblenono
Secondary indexesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
RESTful HTTP APIProprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresPL/SQL, SQL PLnono
Triggersno, except callback-events from server when changes happenedyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesProprietary Sharding systemShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDno
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.noyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlWindows-Profilefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based access control and fine grained access rights
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DataFSIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDBMilvusSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database
Specific characteristicsMilvus is an open-source and cloud-native vector database built for production-ready...
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Competitive advantagesHighly available, versatile, and robust with millisecond latency. Supports batch...
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Typical application scenariosRAG: retrieval augmented generation Video media : video understanding, video deduplication....
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Key customersMilvus is trusted by thousands of enterprises, including PayPal, eBay, IKEA, LINE,...
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Market metricsAs of January 2024, 25k+ GitHub stars 10M+ downloads and installations​ ​ 3k+ enterprise...
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Licensing and pricing modelsMilvus was released under the open-source Apache License 2.0 in October 2019. Fully-managed...
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