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System Properties Comparison Databricks vs. GBase vs. IBM Db2 warehouse

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NameDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionThe Databricks Lakehouse Platform combines elements of data lakes and data warehouses to provide a unified view onto structured and unstructured data. It is based on Apache Spark.Widely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.Cloud-based data warehousing service
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score87.85
Rank#13  Overall
#2  Document stores
#9  Relational DBMS
Score1.24
Rank#164  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Score1.20
Rank#166  Overall
#75  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.databricks.comwww.gbase.cnwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2/­warehouse
Technical documentationdocs.databricks.com
DeveloperDatabricksGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.IBM
Initial release201320042014
Current releaseGBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnoyes
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Implementation languageC, Java, Python
Server operating systemshostedLinuxhosted
Data schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes
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.yesyesno infoImport/export of XML data possible
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLwith Databricks SQLStandard with numerous extensionsyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesPython
R
Scala
C#Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions and aggregatesuser defined functionsPL/SQL, SQL PL
Triggersyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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DatabricksGBaseIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDB
Specific characteristicsSupported database models : In addition to the Document store and Relational DBMS...
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