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DBMS > Datomic vs. Ingres vs. SWC-DB

System Properties Comparison Datomic vs. Ingres vs. SWC-DB

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NameDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonIngres  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityWell established RDBMSA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score4.11
Rank#81  Overall
#44  Relational DBMS
Score0.01
Rank#376  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitewww.datomic.comwww.actian.com/­databases/­ingresgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationdocs.datomic.comdocs.actian.com/­ingres
DeveloperCognitectActian CorporationAlex Kashirin
Initial release20121974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s2020
Current release1.0.6735, June 202311.2, May 20220.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freecommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageJava, ClojureCC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-free
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.nono infobut tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files availableno
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP API.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesClojure
Java
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoTransaction Functionsyesno
TriggersBy using transaction functionsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peershorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneouslySharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersIngres Replicator
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCCyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyes
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 developmentnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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