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System Properties Comparison DataFS vs. Ingres vs. Milvus vs. Solr vs. TinkerGraph

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NameDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonIngres  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonSolr  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  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.Well established RDBMSA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesA widely used distributed, scalable search engine based on Apache LuceneA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMSSearch engineGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMSSpatial DBMS
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Score0.06
Rank#354  Overall
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Score4.11
Rank#81  Overall
#44  Relational DBMS
Score2.31
Rank#113  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score42.91
Rank#24  Overall
#3  Search engines
Score0.08
Rank#348  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitenewdatabase.comwww.actian.com/­databases/­ingresmilvus.iosolr.apache.orgtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspdocs.actian.com/­ingresmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdsolr.apache.org/­resources.html
DeveloperMobiland AGActian CorporationApache Software Foundation
Initial release20181974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s201920062009
Current release1.1.263, October 202211.2, May 20222.3.4, January 20249.6.0, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCC++, GoJavaJava
Server operating systemsWindowsAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
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)yesyes infoDynamic Fields enables on-the-fly addition of new fieldsschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesVector, Numeric and Stringyes infosupports customizable data types and automatic typingyes
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 availablenoyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnoSolr Parallel SQL Interfaceno
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
RESTful HTTP APIJava API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Erlang
Java
JavaScript
any language that supports sockets and either XML or JSON
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoJava pluginsno
Triggersno, except callback-events from server when changes happenedyesnoyes infoUser configurable commands triggered on index changesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesProprietary Sharding systemhorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneouslyShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesIngres Replicatoryesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononospark-solr: github.com/­lucidworks/­spark-solr and streaming expressions to reduceno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Eventual Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnooptimistic lockingno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCCyesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlWindows-Profilefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based access control and fine grained access rightsyesno
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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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