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DBMS > Datomic vs. HBase vs. InterSystems Caché vs. jBASE

System Properties Comparison Datomic vs. HBase vs. InterSystems Caché vs. jBASE

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NameDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableA multi-model DBMS and application serverA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middleware
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Multivalue DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.76
Rank#145  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score31.25
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score1.43
Rank#160  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Websitewww.datomic.comhbase.apache.orgwww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachewww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbase
Technical documentationdocs.datomic.comhbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.intersystems.comdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9
DeveloperCognitectApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetInterSystemsRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)
Initial release2012200819971991
Current release1.0.6735, June 20232.3.4, January 20212018.1.4, May 20205.7
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJava, ClojureJava
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free, schema definition possibledepending on used data modelschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesoptional
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 indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASIC
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Supported programming languagesClojure
Java
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C#
C++
Java
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoTransaction Functionsyes infoCoprocessors in Javayesyes
TriggersBy using transaction functionsyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACAccess rights for users, groups and rolesAccess rights can be defined down to the item level

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